Isaiah 6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:7

iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah, App-44 . purged = covered. Hebrew. kaphar = to cover, and thus, here, atone. See note on Exodus 29:33 . Not the same word as in Isaiah 1:25 ; Isaiah 4:4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:8

voice. See the Structure (p. 980). This is the voice from the Temple concerning the "scattering", corresponding with Isaiah 40:3 , Isaiah 40:6 , which is the voice from the wilderness concerning the "gathering". Whom shall I send? This was not Isaiah's original commission to prophesy, but his special commission for this great dispensational prophecy. Chs. 1-5 form a general introduction to the whole book (see p. 930). Us. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:26 ; Genesis 3:22 ; Genesis 11:7... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:9

Hear ye indeed. Hebrew "a hearing, hear ye". Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ) for emphasis. See note on Genesis 26:28 . see ye indeed. Hebrew "a seeing see ye". Figure of speech Polyptoton, as above. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:10

Make, &c. = Declare or foretell that the heart of this People will be fat. Isaiah could do no more. A common Hebrew idiom. This prophecy is of the deepest import in Israel's history. Written down seven times (Matthew 13:14 .Mark 4:12 .Luke 8:10 . John 12:40 . Acts 28:26 , Acts 28:27 . Romans 11:8 ). Solemnly quoted in three great dispensational crises: (1) By Christ (Matthew 13:14 ), as coming from Jehovah on the day a council was held "to destroy Him". (2) By Christ, as coming from... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:11

how long? See the answer (Romans 11:25 ). wasted = desolate. without = for want of. man. Hebrew. adam. App-14 . land = ground, or soil. Hebrew. adamah desolate. See note on Isaiah 1:7 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:12

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . forsaking. See note on Isaiah 1:4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:13

But yet in it shall be a tenth, &c. = Still, there is in it (the land) a tenth part; and it (the tenth part) shall again be swept away; yet, as with terebinth and oak, whose life remains in them when felled, the holy seed will be the life thereof. This is no "interpolation"; it is necessary to complete the Structure. shall be. Supply [there is]. teil tree = terebinth. substance = root-stock. is in them: or will be in them. A special rending called Sevir ( App-34 ) reads "in it": i.e.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 6:1

This is one of the most famous chapters in the whole prophecy, but there is this mystery about it, namely, that nobody knows for sure just where it belongs chronologically. Practically all of the liberal and radically critical writers make it the beginning of all of Isaiah's prophetic writings, identifying it with his original call to the prophetic office. More conservative scholars find many objections to that understanding of it. If it was Isaiah's call to the prophetic office, why should it... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 6:6

"Then 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: and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin forgiven. And 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."The forgiveness of Isaiah's sin here was not final and absolute, because the ultimate price of all human redemption from sin... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 6:9

"And he said, Go and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed. Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste, and Jehovah have removed men... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 6:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 6:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 6:9

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