isaiah-6:1-13,-philippians-3:13-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:5

Wo is me! - That is, I am filled with overwhelming convictions of my own unworthiness, with alarm that I have seen Yahweh.For I am undone - Margin, ‘Cut off.’ Chaldee, ‘I have sinned.’ Septuagint, ‘I am miserable, I am pierced through.’ Syriac, ‘I am struck dumb.’ The Hebrew word may sometimes have this meaning, but it also means “to be destroyed, to be ruined, to perish;” see Hosea 10:15; Zephaniah 1:2; Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 15:1. This is probably the meaning here, ‘I shall be ruined, or... read more

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

Then flew - Isaiah is represented as standing out of the temple; the seraphim as in it.Having a live coal - The Vulgate renders this, ‘A stone.’ This is, probably, the original meaning of the word; see 1 Kings 19:6. It at first denoted a hot stone which was used to roast meat upon. It may also mean a coal, from its resemblance to such a stone.From off the altar - The altar of burnt-offering. This stood in the court of the priests, in front of the temple; see the notes at Matthew 21:12. The fire... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:7

And he laid it upon my mouth - Margin, ‘And he caused it to touch my mouth.’ This is the more correct rendering. It was a slight, momentary touch, sufficient merely to be a “sign or token” that he was cleansed.Thine iniquity is taken away - That is, whatever obstacle there existed to your communicating the message of God to this people, arising from your own consciousness of unworthiness, is taken away. You are commissioned to bear that message, and your own consciousness of guilt should not be... read more

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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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart - The word “heart” here is used in the sense of the “mind” - to denote all their mental powers. It is commonly used in this sense in the Scriptures.Fat - Gross, heavy, dull, stupid. That is, go and proclaim such “truth” to them as shall have this effect - as shall irritate, provoke, enrage them; truth, whose delivery shall be attended, in their gross and corrupt hearts, with this blinding and infatuating influence the effect would be produced by the corrupt state of their hearts,... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:11

How long - The prophet did not dare to pray that this effect should not follow. He asked merely therefore “how long” this state of things must continue; how long this message was to be delivered, and how long it should be attended with these painful effects.Until the cities ... - They will remain perverse and obstinate until the land is completely destroyed by divine judgments. Still the truth is to be proclaimed, though it is known it will have no effect in reforming the nation. This refers,... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:12

And the Lord have removed ... - The land shall be given up to desolation. The men - the strength of the nation - shall be taken to a distant land.And there be a great forsaking - A great desolation; the cities and dwellings shall be abandoned by the inhabitants; compare Isaiah 17:2; Jeremiah 4:29; Zephaniah 2:4. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:13

But yet ... - The main idea in this verse is plain, though there is much difficulty in the explanation of the particular phrases. The leading thought is, that the land should not be “utterly” and finally abandoned. There would be the remains of life - as in an oak or terebinth tree when the tree has fallen; compare the notes at Isaiah 11:1.A tenth - That is, a tenth of the inhabitants, or a very small part. Amidst the general desolation, a small part should be preserved. This was accomplished... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:1

Isaiah 6:1. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord “As this vision,” says Bishop Lowth, “seems to contain a solemn designation of Isaiah to the prophetical office, it is by most interpreters thought to be the first in order of his prophecies. But this perhaps may not be so: for Isaiah is said, in the general title of his prophecies, to have prophesied in the time of Uzziah, whose acts, first and last, he wrote, (2 Chronicles 26:22,) and the phrase, in the year when Uzziah died, ... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:5

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:7

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:1

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