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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 6:9-13

God takes Isaiah at his word, and here sends him on a strange errand?to foretel the ruin of his people and even to ripen them for that ruin?to preach that which, by their abuse of it, would be to them a savour of death unto death. And this was to be a type and figure of the state of the Jewish church in the days of the Messiah, when they should obstinately reject the gospel, and should thereupon be rejected of God. These verses are quoted in part, or referred to, six times, in the New... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:9

And he said, go, and tell this people ,.... What is and will be their case and condition, as follows: hear ye indeed ; the words of the prophets sent unto them, yea, Christ himself incarnate preaching among them; the great Prophet Moses said should be raised up unto them: but understand not ; neither that he is the Messiah, nor the doctrines delivered by him; which were spoken to them in parables; see Matthew 13:13 , and see ye indeed : the miracles wrought by him, as raising... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:9

And he said - לי li , to me, two MSS. and the Syriac. Thirteen MSS. have ראה raah , in the regular form. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13

The prophet's call and consecration. There are turning-points in life which give a meaning to the whole of its after-course. A light may be given to the 'mind at such moments by which it may have to steer its course for years. In moments of despondency the man of God will fall back on memory, and encourage himself by the recollection that, having once received and followed Divine guidance, that guidance will not desert him in the future. Such was this moment in the history of Isaiah. Life... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:8-13

THE PROPHET ENTRUSTED WITH A SPECIAL MISSON . We do not know what special call Isaiah had had previously. Perhaps he had been brought up in the "schools of the prophets." Perhaps, when the "word of the Lord" came to him, he had accepted the fact as sufficient call. Now, however, he had, in vision, a clear and distinct call and mission (verses 8, 9). He was told to "go," and instructed as to what he was to say (verses 9, 10). As before (Isaiah 1-5.), while in the main he was to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 6:9

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 6:9-10

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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