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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13

a Call to Heroic Service Isaiah 6:1-13 Kings die; Jesus lives. See John 12:41 . We are here reminded of Acts 22:17-18 . How great the contrast between the worship of these seraphim in the Unseen-Holy and man’s perfunctory rites! Six wings -two for meditation, two for humility, and two for service. Service should take only a third of our energy. One cried unto another -one inspired spirit will awaken others. The threefold repetition of the word holy , implies the Trinity. If door-posts... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:1-13

We now begin the second part of the first circle of prophecy, which contains the prophecies during the reigns of Jotham and Ahaz. When Uzziah died, Isaiah was called to the exercise of a larger ministry, and was prepared for it by the special vision granted to him. This vision of the Lord was full of grace and of glory. The majesty of the Most High was manifest in the uplifted and occupied throne, in the solemn chanting of the seraphim, and by the earthquake which made the very foundations of... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13

The Lord High and Lifted Up Isaiah 6:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a twofold vision suggested in the first verse of our study. "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne." That which concerns us is the little word, "also." It definitely suggests that Isaiah had two visions: the one was the death of Uzziah; the other was the life of the Living Lord. The one was a dark picture; the other was a picture radiant with glory. Let us consider this twofold... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:5-13

Yahweh’s Call To Isaiah (Isaiah 6:5-13 ). As Isaiah stood, or possibly prostrated himself, before the wonderful vision of resplendent holiness, it was all too much for him as he was made aware of his own sinfulness. But God arranged for his cleansing preparatory to calling him to the task that he has in store for him, the proclaiming of God’s message to an ungrateful people, with the promise that it would finally result in a holy seed. Analysis of Isaiah 6:5-13. a Then I said, “Woe is me,... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:1-13

Isaiah 6. The Call of Isaiah.— This chapter contains Isaiah’ s own account of his call to the prophetic office. Presumably it was written down some time after the event, but the interval need not have been long, nor have we any real reason for assuming that the account has been coloured by his later experience of failure. The view that he had already for some time been a prophet, and that this vision opens a new stage in his ministry, would deserve consideration only if the order of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:10

Fat, i.e. stupid and senseless; for the fat which is in the body is without sense; and fatness in the heart makes it dull and heavy. Thus this phrase is used Psalms 119:70. And this seems best to agree with the following words. This making of their hearts fat is here ascribed to the prophet, as it is ascribed to God in the repetition of this prophecy, John 12:40, because God inflicted this judgment upon them by the ministry of the prophet, partly by way of prediction, foretelling that this... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:11

Lord, how long? an abrupt speech, arising from the prophet’s great passion and astonishment. How long shall this dreadful judgment last? Until the land be utterly desolate; until this land be totally destroyed, first by the Babylonians, and afterward by the Romans. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13

THE PROPHET’S CALLIsaiah 6:1-13. In the year that King Uzziah died, &c.We have here the history of Isaiah’s call to his great life-work. Perhaps in a modern biography this chapter would have been placed first. But there was wisdom in placing it where it stands; it was well to give us some insight into the real character of the men among whom Isaiah was called to labour, for thus we are enabled more easily to understand the nature of the mission on which he was sent [688] Studying this... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 6:11-13

A STRANGE AND SAD ERRANDIsaiah 6:9-10. And He said, Go, and tell this people, &c.A sad and mysterious errand, the statement of which might well have quenched the enthusiasm inspired by his vision of the Divine glory. When he exclaimed, “Here am I, send me!” how little did he anticipate for what purpose he would be sent! It must have astounded and saddened him, and it is full of astonishment and mystery for us. How could God have sent His servant on an errand such as this?Much of the mystery... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:8-10

Isaiah 6:8-10 I. This, in all seeming, was the thankless office to which Isaiah was called, to be heard, to be listened to, by some with contempt, by others with seeming respect, and to leave things in the main worse than he found them. His office was towards those, in part at least, who were ever hearing, never doing, and so never understanding. The more they heard and saw, the farther they were from understanding, from being converted, from the reach of healing. And what said the prophet?... read more

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