Isaiah 6:6 - Exposition

A live coal ; or, a glowing stone , as Gesenius, Rosenmüller, Knobel, and Mr. Cheyne understand. The tongs … the altar . The presence of an altar in the heavenly dwelling, with the usual appurtenances, is assumed (comp. Revelation 6:9 ; Revelation 8:3 ). The altar is, no doubt, an altar of incense, and of gold, not of stone; but the incense is burnt upon stones heated to a glow, and it is one of these stones which the angel takes with the golden tongs of the sanctuary ( Exodus 25:38 ).