Isaiah 6:1-9 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:8

Also I heard the voice of the Lord ,.... The Targum renders it, the voice of the Word of the Lord, as if it was the second Person, the Word, that was heard speaking; but it seems rather to be the voice of the first Person, the Father: saying, Whom shall I send ? to the people of Israel, to reprove them for their blindness and stupidity, and to threaten them, and foretell unto them their ruin and destruction; intimating that it was a difficult thing to pitch upon a proper person; and that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:9

And he said, go, and tell this people ,.... What is and will be their case and condition, as follows: hear ye indeed ; the words of the prophets sent unto them, yea, Christ himself incarnate preaching among them; the great Prophet Moses said should be raised up unto them: but understand not ; neither that he is the Messiah, nor the doctrines delivered by him; which were spoken to them in parables; see Matthew 13:13 , and see ye indeed : the miracles wrought by him, as raising... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:1

The Lord - Fifty-one MSS. of Kennicott's, and fifty-four of De Rossi's, and one edition; in the 8th verse, ( Isaiah 6:8 ;); forty-four MSS. of Kennicott's, and forty-six of De Rossi's, and one edition; and in the 11th verse ( Isaiah 6:11 ;); thirty-three MSS. of Kennicott's, and many of De Rossi's, and one edition, for אדני Adonai , "the Lord" read יהוה " Jehovah ," which is probably the true reading; (compare Isaiah 6:6 ;); as in many other places, in which the superstition of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:2

Above it stood the seraphim - שרפים seraphim , from שרף seraph , to burn. He saw says Kimchi, the angels as flames of fire, that the depravity of that generation might be exhibited, which was worthy of being totally burnt up. He covered his feet "He covereth his feet" - By the feet the Hebrews mean all the lower parts of the body. But the people of the East generally wearing long robes, reaching to the ground, and covering the lower parts of the body down to the feet, it may... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:3

Holy, holy, holy - This hymn performed by the seraphim, divided into two choirs, the one singing responsively to the other, which Gregory Nazian., Carm. 18, very elegantly calls Συμφωνον, αντιφωνον, αγγελων στασιν , is formed upon the practice of alternate singing, which prevailed in the Jewish Church from the time of Moses, whose ode at the Red Sea was thus performed, (see Exodus 15:20 , Exodus 15:21 ;), to that of Ezra, under whom the priests and Levites sung alternately, "O praise... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:5

Wo is me! for I am undone - נדמיתי nidmeythi , I am become dumb. There is something exceedingly affecting in this complaint. I am a man of unclean lips; I cannot say, Holy, holy, holy! which the seraphs exclaim. They are holy; I am not so: they see God, and live; I have seen him, and must die, because I am unholy. Only the pure in heart shall see God; and they only can live in his presence for ever, Reader, lay this to heart; and instead of boasting of thy excellence, and trusting in thy... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:6

A live coal - The word of prophecy, which was put into the mouth of the prophet. From off the altar - That is, from the altar of burnt-offerings, before the door of the temple, on which the fire that came down at first from heaven ( Leviticus 9:24 ; 2 Chronicles 7:1 ;) was perpetually burning. It was never to be extinguished, Leviticus 6:12 , Leviticus 6:13 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:9

And he said - לי li , to me, two MSS. and the Syriac. Thirteen MSS. have ראה raah , in the regular form. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:1

In the year that King Uzziah died. The year B.C. 759, probably. We cannot determine from the phrase used whether the vision was seen before or after Uzziah's death. I saw also ; rather, then it was that I saw (comp. Exodus 16:6 ). The Lord. Not "Jehovah," as in Isaiah 6:3 and Isaiah 6:5 , but " Adonay ," for greater reverence. Sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. The imagery is, of course, taken from the practice of earthly kings. Elaborate thrones were affected by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:1

The vision of God. "I saw … the Lord," writes the prophet. These simple, strong words suggest to us— I. THE VISION WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE . " NO man hath seen God at any time," our Lord declares; and his declaration is sustained by the philosophic truth that he who is a Divine Spirit must be invisible to mortal eye. So far as our apprehension by sense is concerned, God must remain, to every human being, "the King eternal, immortal, invisible ." Himself, in his own essential... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:1

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