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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:2

Isaiah 6:2. Above it Or, rather, above him, as ממעל לו might be better rendered; stood the seraphim As ministers attending upon their Lord, and waiting to receive and execute his commands. The word seraphim, which, like cherubim, is plural, signifies burning, or flaming ones, from the verb שׂר Š, seraph, to burn or flame. The expression here means spiritual beings, qui a claritate et aspectus splendore, quasi flammantes et ignei visi sunt, “who, from their brightness,... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:3

Isaiah 6:3. And one cried unto another Divided into two choirs, they sung responsively one to the other; and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts “God’s holiness,” says Lowth, “or the superlative purity of his nature, implies in it all the rest of his attributes, especially his justice and mercy, which are dispensed by the most exact rules of rectitude. The Christian Church has always thought the doctrine of the Trinity to be implied in this threefold repetition of holy: as it... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:4

Isaiah 6:4. And the posts of the door moved Together with the door itself. Such violent motions were commonly tokens of God’s anger. And here, it seems, this concussion of the temple was intended to signify God’s displeasure against his people for their sins, and to be a token of its destruction, by the Babylonians first, and afterward by the Romans; and the house was filled with smoke Which elsewhere is a token of God’s presence and acceptance, but here, of his anger; and may be... read more

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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

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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

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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

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:11-12

Isaiah 6:11-12. Then said I, Lord, how long? An abrupt speech, arising from the prophet’s great passion and astonishment: how long shall this dreadful judgment last? Until the cities be wasted, &c. Until this land be totally destroyed, first by the Babylonians, and afterward by the Romans. And the Lord have removed men far away Hath caused this people to be carried away captive into far countries. And there be a great forsaking Till houses and lands be generally forsaken of their... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:13

Isaiah 6:13. But yet in it shall be a tenth A small remnant reserved, that number being put indefinitely. And it shall return Out of the Babylonish captivity, into their own land. And shall be eaten Or, shall be for a prey, as Dr. Waterland translates it: that is, that remnant shall be devoured a second time by the kings of Syria, and afterward by the Romans. Yet as a teil-tree, and as an oak, &c. Yet there shall be another remnant, not such a one as that which came out of... 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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:6-7

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

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13

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