Isaiah 6:2,Isaiah 6:3

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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 6:2

6:2 Above it stood the {d} seraphims: each one had six wings; with two he covered his {e} face, and with two he covered his {f} feet, and with two he {g} flew.(d) They were angels so called because they were of a fiery colour, to signify that they burnt in the love of God, or were light as fire to execute his will.(e) Signifying that they were not able to endure the brightness of God’s glory.(f) By which it was declared that man was not able to see the brightness of God in them.(g) Which... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13

PROPHET ’S CALL This makes a short lesson but a distinctive one. The prophet is giving an account of himself, relating the circumstances under which he entered the prophetic office, and the authority by which he speaks. The story divides itself thus: the vision (Isaiah 6:1-4 ); the effect of the vision in producing conviction and confession of sin (Isaiah 6:5 ); his cleansing from sin (Isaiah 6:6-7 ); his call to service (Isaiah 6:8 ); the dedication of himself to that service (Isaiah 6:8 );... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 6:1-8

Lessons of a Vision Isa 6:1-8 We have seen how wrathful Isaiah was with the oppressions and iniquities of his day. The death of Uzziah probably coincided with the year of jubilee, and therefore brought out more vividly than was otherwise possible the state under which the people groaned and mourned, a state which elicited the maledictions which we have already studied. The prophet's mind is still upon the year when King Uzziah died. A great gap was created in history. It was time that the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 6:2

"Handfuls of Purpose" For All Gleaners "Above it stood the seraphims." Isa 6:2 This is the only passage in which the seraphim are mentioned as part of the host of heaven. The primary meaning of seraphim is, the burning ones. A use of the word is made in the Book of Numbers which is alarming, referring as it does to the fiery serpents that stung the people in the wilderness. Notice that these burning ones of the text are in the likeness of men with the addition of wings. A distinction has... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 6:2-4

From the light thrown upon this blessed vision, in the other parts of scripture, as before shown, and all evidently, and plainly directed to prove that it is the person of Christ, who manifested himself to the prophet; we shall now be the better able to enter into an apprehension of all that follows; that is, as far at least as our capacities are enabled to go in the subject; and I hope that both writer and reader, will find cause to adore Jehovah, in his threefold character of person, in and... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:2

The two Seraphims "burning." They are supposed to constitute the highest order of angels, Numbers xxi. 6. --- His. God's or their own face. Hebrew and Septuagint are ambiguous. Out of respect, (Calmet) they look not at the divine majesty. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 6:1-8

1-8 In this figurative vision, the temple is thrown open to view, even to the most holy place. The prophet, standing outside the temple, sees the Divine Presence seated on the mercy-seat, raised over the ark of the covenant, between the cherubim and seraphim, and the Divine glory filled the whole temple. See God upon his throne. This vision is explained, John 12:41, that Isaiah now saw Christ's glory, and spake of Him, which is a full proof that our Saviour is God. In Christ Jesus, God is... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 6:1-7

Jehovah Revealed in his Glory v. 1. In the year that King Uzziah died, that is, in the last year of this king's successful reign, 2 Kings 15:1-Judges :; 2 Chronicles 26, in the year 758 B. C. I saw also the Lord, the All-powerful, sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, the prophetic vision, beyond the range of the normal ability of human senses, permitting the prophet to see the revelation of God, not face to face, -for God dwells in an inaccessible light, but in a manner which uncovered... read more