Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:6-7
Isaiah 6:6-7. Then flew one of the seraphim unto me By God’s command; having a live coal in his hand Both a token and an instrument of purification, as the next verse explains it; which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar Of burnt-offering, which stood in the court of the priests, where the prophet appeared to himself to be during the vision. The seraph took it from the altar, to show that men are to expect the expiation of sin, and purification from it, only by such means as... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:5
Isaiah 6:5. Then said I, &c. The second part of this vision begins here, containing the sanctification of the prophet, in order to his undertaking of a great prophetical office, and showing, 1st, his state of mind upon the sight of the preceding illustrious vision: his consternation under a sense of his great unworthiness; and, 2d, describing the singular mode of his sanctification Wo is me, for I am undone, &c. That is, if God deal with me in strict justice. For I have made... read more