Isaiah 6:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:9

Hear ye indeed … see ye indeed ; literally, In hearing hear … in seeing see— with the force of "Listen and bear; look and see;" "Attend, "that is," with the outward souse, and catch all that sense can catch, but without perception of the inward meaning". This is what they would do. Isaiah is bidden to exhort them, in grave irony, to do it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:9

A mission of hardening. Dean Plumptre says, "No harder task, it may be, was ever given to man. Ardent dreams of reformation and revival, the nation renewing its strength like the eagle, were scattered to the winds; and he had to face the prospect of a fruitless labor, of feeling that he did but increase the evil against which he strove. It was the very opposite mission of that to which St. Paul was sent, to open men's eyes, and turn them from darkness to light'" ( Acts 26:18 ). Mr. Hutton,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:9-13

The shadow of sacred truth. We may view these words in— I. THEIR NATIONAL ASPECT . Thus regarded, they point to: 1. Painful and guilty obduracy. The prophet should speak, but the people would disregard; all that was froward and perverse in them would repel and reject the Divine message; their reception of the truth would only end in spiritual deterioration and greater moral distance than ever from deliverance ( Isaiah 6:9 , Isaiah 6:10 ). 2. Protracted impenitence and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:8

The voice of the Lord - Hebrew: “The voice of Yahweh.” He had before been addressed by one of the seraphim.Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? - The change of number here, from the singular to the plural, is very remarkable. Jerome, on this place, says that it indicates the ‘sacrament’ of the Trinity. The Septuagint renders it, ‘whom shall I send, and who will go to this people?’ The Chaldee, ‘whom shall I send to prophesy, and who will go to teach?’ The Syriac, ‘whom shall I send, and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:9

And he said ... - The expressions which follow are those which denote hardness of heart and blindness of mind. They would hear the words of the prophet, but they would not understand him. They were so obstinately bent on iniquity that they would neither believe nor regard him. This shows the spirit with which ministers must deliver the message of God. It is their business to deliver the message, though they should know that it will neither be understood nor believed.Hear ye indeed - Hebrew ‘In... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:8

Isaiah 6:8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord We have here the third part of this vision, comprehending, 1st, A trial of the disposition of the prophet, now sanctified, with his reply to the Lord, in this verse; 2d, The command delivered to him concerning the execution of the divine judgment upon the Jews, of blindness, &c., Isaiah 6:9-10; Isaiah 3:0 d, A more full and explicit declaration of a most grievous temporal judgment, which should be joined with the spiritual one, Isaiah... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:9-10

Isaiah 6:9-10. And he said, Go, and tell this people Not my people, for I disown them as they have rejected me. Hear ye indeed, but understand not, &c. The Hebrew words are imperative; yet they are not to be taken as a command, enjoining what the people ought to do, but only as a prediction foretelling what they would do. The sense is, Because you have so long heard my words, and seen my works, to no purpose, and have hardened your hearts, and will not learn nor reform, I will punish... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

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

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