In the year King Uzziah dies, Isaiah sees the Lord on a throne, high and lifted up, his train filling the temple. Six-winged seraphim cry "Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts," the thresholds shake, and the house fills with smoke. Isaiah cries "Woe is me" as a man of unclean lips; a seraph touches his mouth with a live coal from the altar, declaring his iniquity taken away. Hearing "Whom shall I send?", Isaiah answers "Here am I; send me." His commission is a hardening word (hear but understand not, see but perceive not), the text Jesus applies to parable-hearing crowds (Matthew 13:14-15; cf. John 12:40; Acts 28:26-27). To "how long?" the answer is: until the cities lie waste; yet a tenth remains, and as a felled terebinth keeps its stock, the holy seed is the stump.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–4 I Saw the Lord High and Lifted Up
B. 5–8 A Live Coal from the Altar: Here Am I, Send Me
C. 9–13 Preach Until the Cities Lie Waste — but a Holy Seed Remains

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Matthew 132 verses
- Matthew 13:14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
- Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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Revelation 151 verse
- Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
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Revelation 41 verse
- Revelation 4:8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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John 121 verse
- John 12:41These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
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Revelation 71 verse
- Revelation 7:15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
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Ezekiel 11 verse
- Ezekiel 1:11Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
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Psalms 1031 verse
- Psalms 103:20Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
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Psalms 721 verse
- Psalms 72:19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.