Isaiah 6:8-9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 6:5-8

Our curiosity would lead us to enquire further concerning the seraphim, their songs and their services; but here we leave them, and must attend to what passed between God and his prophet. Secret things belong not to us, the secret things of the world of angels, but things revealed to and by the prophets, which concern the administration of God's kingdom among men. Now here we have, I. The consternation that the prophet was put into by the vision which he saw of the glory of God (Isa. 6:5):... read more

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 6:8

Also I heard the voice of the Lord ,.... The Targum renders it, the voice of the Word of the Lord, as if it was the second Person, the Word, that was heard speaking; but it seems rather to be the voice of the first Person, the Father: saying, Whom shall I send ? to the people of Israel, to reprove them for their blindness and stupidity, and to threaten them, and foretell unto them their ruin and destruction; intimating that it was a difficult thing to pitch upon a proper person; and that... 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

Whom shall I send? . Such questions enable those who wait in the courts of heaven to show their zeal and readiness. Who will go for us? Some explain the plural pronoun as used of the Almighty and those with whom he is consulting. But he does not really "consult" his creatures ( infra , Isaiah 40:14 ; Revelation 11:1-19 :34), nor do his messengers do his errands for them . The plural form is best explained by the light which Isaiah 6:3 throws on it, as indicative of the doctrine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:8

The call of God. "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I send me." The symbol of the seraphim had been on the prophet's head, and the voice of the Lord had come to his conscience and his heart. The live coal had touched his lips. Prophets, apostles, teachers, must be sent of God. Other qualifications are appropriate and excellent, but this is indispensable. I. THE DIVINE QUERY . "Whom?" Then God takes thought ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:8

On God's errand. Our thought is naturally divided into— I. THE DIVINE DEMAND . "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" 1. There are some demands God makes of us all . He requires that we should hearken when he speaks; that we should be especially attentive to his Son ( Matthew 17:5 ); that we should accept Jesus Christ as our Lord, Savior, Friend, Exemplar; that we should honor him before the world. 2. There are other demands he makes of most of his children . ... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 6:5-8

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 6:8

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 6:8-13

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