Isaiah 6
6
A Vision of God in the Temple
1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”
4The pivots#6.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. 5And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
6Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7The seraph#6.7 Heb He touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” 8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” 9And he said, “Go and say to this people:
‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend;
keep looking, but do not understand.’
10Make the mind of this people dull,
and stop their ears,
and shut their eyes,
so that they may not look with their eyes,
and listen with their ears,
and comprehend with their minds,
and turn and be healed.”
11Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said:
“Until cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is utterly desolate;
12until the Lord sends everyone far away,
and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land.
13Even if a tenth part remain in it,
it will be burned again,
like a terebinth or an oak
whose stump remains standing
when it is felled.”#6.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
The holy seed is its stump.
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Isaiah 6
6
Isaiah’s Call and Mission
1In the year that King Uzziah#2Kg 15:1–7; Is 1:1; 14:28 died, I saw the Lord#Gn 32:30; Ex 3:1–6; 24:9–10; Jos 5:13–15; 1Kg 22:19; Is 31:3; Jn 1:18; 4:24; 12:41 seated on a high and lofty#Is 52:13; 57:15 throne,#Ps 9:7; 11:4; 45:6; Is 66:1; Jr 3:17; Ezk 1:26; 10:1; 43:7 and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2Seraphim#6:2 = heavenly beings were standing above him; they each had six wings:#Rv 4:8 with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.#Ezk 1:14 3And one called to another:
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies;
his glory#Ex 16:10; 24:16–17; 40:34–35; 1Kg 8:11; Is 35:2; 40:5; 60:1; Ezk 1:28; Lk 9:32 fills the whole earth.#Nm 14:21; Ps 72:19
4The foundations of the doorways shook#Ex 19:8; Hab 3:3–10; Rv 15:8 at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.
5Then I said:
Woe is me#Ex 33:20; Jdg 13:22; Is 59:3; Jr 9:3–8; Lk 5:8 for I am ruined#6:5 Or I must be silent
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,#Ex 6:12,30
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Armies.
6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar#Lv 6:12–13; 17:11 with tongs. 7He touched my mouth#Jr 1:9; Dn 10:16 with it and said:
Now that this has touched your lips,
your iniquity is removed
and your sin is atoned for.#Ex 21:30; 30:12–16
8Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking:
Who will I send?
Who will go for us?
I said:
Here I am. Send me.
9And he replied:
Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;#Mt 13:14–15; Mk 4:12; Lk 8:10; Jn 12:40; Ac 28:26–27
keep looking, but do not perceive.
10Make the minds#6:10 Lit heart of these people dull;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.#Zch 7:11–12; 1Th 2:16
11Then I said, “Until when, Lord?” #Ps 79:5; 89:46 And he replied:
Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants,#Is 1:7; 27:10
houses are without people,
the land is ruined and desolate,
12and the Lord drives the people far away,
leaving great emptiness in the land.
13Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed#Is 41:8; 43:5; 45:25; 53:10; 59:21; 65:9,23; 66:22 is the stump.#Is 11:1
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