Isaiah 6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6

CHAP. VI. Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory, being terrified, is confirmed and receiveth his message: he sheweth the obstinacy of the people, even to their desolation. A remnant shall be saved. Before Christ 760. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:1

Isaiah 6:1. In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw, &c.— We have in this chapter the fourth sermon, containing an account of a wonderful and august vision wherewith the prophet was favoured by the Lord: The design of which is two-fold; to exhibit a figure of the kingdom of the Son of God, hereafter to be manifested in the world, and to foretel the future blindness and hardness of heart of the greatest part of the Jewish nation. There are three parts of this discourse. The first contains a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:2

Isaiah 6:2. Above it stood— The state, figure, and actions of the Seraphim are here described: The word שׂופים seraphim, says Vitringa, signifies fiery and shining bodies, from ףּשׂר seraph, to burn; (see Numbers 21:6.) and is in this place to be understood of persons of a bright and splendid appearance, covered with wings, and in a human form. This part of the vision seems manifestly to be taken from the representation of the Divine Glory, as it was exhibited in the Holy of Holies; where was... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:5-7

Isaiah 6:5-7. Then said I, &c.— The second part of this vision contains the sanctification of the prophet for the undertaking of a great prophetical office, and consists of two parts: the first describes the prophet's state of mind upon the sight of the preceding illustrious vision: His consternation upon the sense of his great unworthiness. He expresses his fear of perishing, (I am undone,) because, being a man of unclean lips, and dwelling amongst an unclean people, he was therefore unfit... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:8

Isaiah 6:8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord— We have here the third part of this vision, comprehending, first, a trial of the disposition of the prophet, now sanctified, with his reply to the Lord, in the present verse; secondly, the command delivered to him concerning the execution of the divine judgment upon the Jews, of blindness and hardness of heart, Isa 6:9-10 thirdly, a more full and explicit declaration of a most grievous temporal judgment, which should be joined with this spiritual... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:9-10

Isaiah 6:9-10. And he said, Go, &c.— In this commission given by God to the prophet, we have, first, the preface, in which he is enjoined to bear God's denunciation to the Jewish people; whom God does not as usual call his people, but this people; Go and tell this people. We have, secondly, the words themselves, comprehending the divine command, and which God puts into the mouth of the prophet; words, which we find frequently repeated, at least as to their sense, in the gospels, where we... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:13

Isaiah 6:13. But yet, &c.— But though there shall yet remain in it a tenth part, even that shall be for a prey. As an elm and as an oak, of which, when they are lopped, the trunk remaineth; so the holy seed shall be the trunk thereof. See Vitringa, and compare Romans 11:19. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Isaiah had before, at God's command, begun his prophetic employment: a solemn confirmation of it is made in this august vision, as a means to strengthen his faith, and quicken his diligence in the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6

CHAPTER 6 :-. VISION OF JEHOVAH IN HIS TEMPLE. Isaiah is outside, near the altar in front of the temple. The doors are supposed to open, and the veil hiding the Holy of Holies to be withdrawn, unfolding to his view a vision of God represented as an Eastern monarch, attended by seraphim as His ministers of state ( :-), and with a robe and flowing train (a badge of dignity in the East), which filled the temple. This assertion that he had seen God was, according to tradition (not sanctioned by ... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:1

1. In . . . year . . . Uzziah died—Either literal death, or civil when he ceased as a leper to exercise his functions as king [Chaldee], (2 Chronicles 26:19-21). 754 B.C. [CALMET] 758 (Common Chronology). This is not the first beginning of Isaiah's prophecies, but his inauguration to a higher degree of the prophetic office: Isaiah 6:9, c., implies the tone of one who had already experience of the people's obstinacy. Lord—here Adonai, Jehovah in Isaiah 6:5 Jesus Christ is meant as speaking in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:2

2. stood—not necessarily the posture of standing; rather, were in attendance on Him [MAURER], hovering on expanded wings. the—not in the Hebrew. seraphim—nowhere else applied to God's attendant angels; but to the fiery flying (not winged, but rapidly moving) serpents, which bit the Israelites (Numbers 21:6), called so from the poisonous inflammation caused by their bites. Seraph is to burn; implying the burning zeal, dazzling brightness (2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 6:17; Ezekiel 1:13; Matthew 28:3)... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:5-7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:9-10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:2

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