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
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13
God’s call of Isaiah (6:1-13)Isaiah has gone to some length to describe Judah’s spiritual and moral corruption before he mentions God’s call to him to be a prophet. His reason for doing this seems to be that he wants his readers to see why God called him. Their understanding of conditions in Judah will help them understand the sort of task that lay before him.King Uzziah’s death marked the end of an era of prosperity unequalled in Judah’s history. Yet this era brought with it the corruption... read more