Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 6:9-10
Reader, pray attend to these verses: for so important are they considered in the gospel-church, that no less than six times are they taken notice of, and referred to, in the after-writings of the scriptures. All the Evangelists quote them, and they are again spoken of in the Acts of the Apostles, and by the Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans. See in proof, Matthew 13:14 ; Mark 4:12 ; Luke 8:10 ; John 12:39-40 ; Acts 28:26-27 and Romans 11:8 . And what awful confirmations have we of... read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 6:8
Here, if I mistake not, the subject takes a different turn. Isaiah in the former part, relates what he had seen and heard in a special relation to himself, and the Church, to whom he ministered: but here he relates what he was witness to, in relation to a higher mission than that of any among the sons of men. He begins it with an also, as if to disconnect what went before from what now follows: Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Let the Reader... read more