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Isaiah 6

1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

Commentary · verse 1

Uzziah died thirty-eight years before the destruction of the ten tribe nation that made up Israel. This chapter was written during Jotham's reign. It appeared the first five chapters were written before this time. Isaiah saw God on His Throne, high and lifted up, and His Train (robe) filled the temple.

2Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

2Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Commentary · verse 2

Above the Throne were the seraphim: burning, serpent like angels that attend to God.

3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Commentary · verse 3

The seraphim cried to one another proclaiming God's Holiness. God is Holy: pure, clean, of one material. The quantitative measure is Just and the qualitative measure is Righteous. In Revelation 4:8, John also stated six winged seraphim proclaim in heaven, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come." God's Glory was a direct result of His Holiness. God's Glory was His intrinsic Goodness, the very value and worth within God.

4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.

6Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.

4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Commentary · verses 4-7

One of the seraphim brought a live coal in his hand to Isaiah. Notice, this was not a burning coal. A live coal was hot. A burning coal had a fire coming from it. In Proverbs 25:22 loving an enemy heaped burning coals on his head. This passage showed the coals spoken of in Proverbs 25:22 were more than live and not intended to cleanse or heat the enemy. It was meant to consume him. Here, the live coal was a confirmation that Isaiah was cleansed, this was not the method which Isaiah was cleansed.

8And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.

8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Commentary · verse 8

Isaiah heard God ask whom God should send. Isaiah answered quickly and stated he would go. Notice, everything about this vision was logical and involved words. Isaiah did not have an unconscious indescribable vision.

9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Commentary · verse 9

Matthew 13:14 – "And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:"

10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Commentary · verse 10

God told Isaiah to make the people not hear and not see so they would not understand with their heart, be converted and be healed. John 12:40 referenced this verse when John explained Jesus' triumphant entry during "Palm Sunday." Paul also referenced verses 9 and 10 while he was in Rome near the end of the Book of Acts: Acts 28:27.

11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste, 12and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.

13And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.

11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

12And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

13But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

Commentary · verses 11-13

This chapter appeared to be the only one written during Jotham's time. The next six chapters were written during Ahaz's reign. The rest of the Isaiah was written during Hezekiah's reign.

Commentary · verse 13

Isaiah 4-6 covered Isaiah's commissioning to speak on behalf of God.

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