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
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