Isaiah 6:10,Isaiah 6:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 6:10

Make, &c. = Declare or foretell that the heart of this People will be fat. Isaiah could do no more. A common Hebrew idiom. This prophecy is of the deepest import in Israel's history. Written down seven times (Matthew 13:14 .Mark 4:12 .Luke 8:10 . John 12:40 . Acts 28:26 , Acts 28:27 . Romans 11:8 ). Solemnly quoted in three great dispensational crises: (1) By Christ (Matthew 13:14 ), as coming from Jehovah on the day a council was held "to destroy Him". (2) By Christ, as coming from... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 6:9-10

Isaiah 6:9-10. And he said, Go, &c.— In this commission given by God to the prophet, we have, first, the preface, in which he is enjoined to bear God's denunciation to the Jewish people; whom God does not as usual call his people, but this people; Go and tell this people. We have, secondly, the words themselves, comprehending the divine command, and which God puts into the mouth of the prophet; words, which we find frequently repeated, at least as to their sense, in the gospels, where we... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 6:10

10. Make . . . fat— ( :-). "Render them the more hardened by thy warnings" [MAURER]. This effect is the fruit, not of the truth in itself, but of the corrupt state of their hearts, to which God here judicially gives them over (Isaiah 63:17). GESENIUS takes the imperatives as futures. "Proclaim truths, the result of which proclamation will be their becoming the more hardened" (Romans 1:28; Ephesians 4:18); but this does not so well as the former set forth God as designedly giving up sinners to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 6:9-13

B. The prophet’s commission 6:9-13The Lord proceeded to give Isaiah specific instructions about what He wanted him to do and what the prophet could expect regarding his ministry (Isaiah 6:9-10), his historic-political situation (Isaiah 6:11-12), and his nation’s survival (Isaiah 6:13). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 6:10

The effect of Isaiah’s preaching would not be that the people would repent, but that they would harden their hearts against his messages (cf. Matthew 13:14-15; Mark 4:10-12; Luke 8:10; John 12:39-41; Acts 28:26-27; Romans 11:8).The Apostle John quoted this verse (and Isaiah 53:1) in reference to the Jews’ inability in Jesus’ day to believe on Him (John 12:40). John then added, "These things Isaiah said, because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him" (John 12:41). Isaiah may or may not have... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:1-13

The Prophet’s CallThis c., which recounts the prophet’s call and commission, would stand first in a chronological arrangement of the book. The opening words remind us of the vision of Micaiah (1 Kings 22:19), and we should compare the visions of Jeremiah and Ezekiel which inaugurated their prophetic activity. In St. John’s vision (Revelation 4) the same anthem, ’Holy, holy, holy,’ is sung by the six-winged living creatures round about the throne. Isaiah’s vision foreshadows such leading... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 6:10

(10) Make the heart of this people fat.—The thought is the same as that of the “hardening” of Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 8:19; Exodus 9:34, &c) and that of Sihon (Deuteronomy 2:30). It implies the reckless headstrong will which defies restraint and warnings. So the poets of Greece, in their thoughts as to the Divine government of the world, recognised the truth that there is a judicial blindness and, as it were, insanity of will that comes as the consequence of sinful deeds ( Æsch. Agam.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 6:1-13

Redeeming Vision Isaiah 6:1 In all life's necessary contact and inevitable contest with reality, nothing is more needed than the uplifted eye with its power of vision, which is the power of purity. To see 'also the Lord' is alike the secret of steadfastness and the guarantee of that knowledge in the midst of perplexity, which alone liberates from fretful anxiety and unbelief, and leads to right choice and wise action. I. In connexion with duty, how indispensable is the sight of the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13

CHAPTER IVISAIAH’S CALL AND CONSECRATION740 B.C.written 735? or 727?Isaiah 6:1-13IT has been already remarked that in chapter 6 we should find no other truths than those which have been unfolded in chapters 2-5: the Lord exalted in righteousness, the coming of a terrible judgment from Him upon Judah and the survival of a bare remnant of the people. But chapter 6 treats the same subjects with a difference. In chapters 2-4 they gradually appear and grow to clearness in connection with the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 6:1-13

CHAPTER 6 The Prophet’s Vision and New Commission 1. The time of the vision (Isaiah 6:1 ) 2. Jehovah of hosts (Isaiah 6:2-4 ) 3. The prophet’s woe (Isaiah 6:5 ) 4. The cleansing (Isaiah 6:6-7 ) 5. “Here am I. Send me.” (Isaiah 6:8 ) 6. The new commission (Isaiah 6:9-10 ) 7. The limitation of the judgment (Isaiah 6:11-13 ) Note the eight steps: vision, conversion, self-judgment, cleansing, self-surrender, communion, commission, intercession. This vision is the glory of Christ John... read more