Isaiah 6:1-7

Isaiah's Vision

1 In the year of ¹King Uzziah's death ²I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

2 Seraphim stood above Him, ³each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 And one called out to another and said, "⁴Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The ⁵whole earth is full of His glory."

4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the ⁶temple was filling with smoke.

5 Then I said, "⁷Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of ⁸unclean lips, And I live among a ⁹people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the ¹⁰King, the LORD of hosts."

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the ¹¹altar with tongs.

7 He ¹²touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and ¹³your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven."

Isaiah 6:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 6

This chapter contains a vision of the glory and majesty of Christ, the mission and commission of the prophet, and the destruction of the Jews. In the vision may be observed the time of it, and the object seen; who is described by the throne on which he sat, Isa 6:1 and by his ministers about him; and these, by their name, by their situation, by their wings and the use of them, and by their employment, Isa 6:2,3 and by the effects their crying to one another had upon the place where they were, Isa 6:4 and next follows the effect the whole vision had on the prophet, which threw him into great distress of mind; and the relief he had by one of the seraphim, and the manner of it, Isa 6:6,7 upon which a question being put, concerning sending some person, the prophet makes answer, expressing his readiness to go, Isa 6:8 when a commission is given him, and the message he is sent with is declared, Isa 6:9,10 whereupon he asks how long it would be the case of the Jews mentioned in the message he was sent with; and he is told it would continue until the utter destruction of them, Isa 6:11,12 and yet, for the comfort of him and other saints, it is intimated that there would be a remnant among them, according to the election of grace, Isa 6:13.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 15:7; 2 Chronicles 26:23; Isaiah 1:1
• 2. John 12:41; Revelation 4:2, 3; Revelation 20:11
• 3. Revelation 4:8
• 4. Revelation 4:8
• 5. Numbers 14:21; Psalms 72:19
• 6. Revelation 15:8
• 7. Exodus 33:20; Luke 5:8
• 8. Exodus 6:12, 30
• 9. Isaiah 59:3; Jeremiah 9:3-8
• 10. Jeremiah 51:57
• 11. Revelation 8:3
• 12. Jeremiah 1:9; Daniel 10:16
• 13. Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 53:5, 6, 11; 1 John 1:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "fullness of the whole earth is His glory"
• [b]. Lit "door sockets"
• [c]. Lit "house"
• [d]. Lit "atoned for"