Isaiah 6:1
in Isaiah 6In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
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ASV
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
KJV
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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This verse in Isaiah 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseWe have talked about standing; we have talked about walking; let us talk about sitting. Whenever God is represented as seated, the portrayal takes one of two forms: either he appears as the ruler or as the judge. If he is like a king, one sees him as Isaiah does: "I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne." There he is presented as the sovereign king.
This site's exposition
In the year that king Uzziah died
The vision is dated with unusual precision to the year that king Uzziah died, a king whose long reign had made Judah prosperous and whose late presumption in burning incense himself had left him a leper to his death, so that the throne Isaiah sees vacant on earth is filled at once in the temple: the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, his train alone filling the whole house. John 12:41 reads this throne directly, these things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him, the fourth Gospel's own claim about whose glory the prophet saw, stated here as the claim John makes rather than settled by this commentary. Delitzsch and Barnes both note the vision's placement after five chapters of oracles as the credentials of the voice that has already been speaking, shown last rather than first.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
From the mortality of great and good men we should take occasion to look up with an eye of faith to the King eternal, immortal. King Uzziah died under a cloud, for he was shut up as a leper till the day of his death. As the lives of princes have their periods, so their glory is often eclipsed; but, as God is everliving, so his glory is everlasting.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In the year - This naturally denotes a period after the death of Uzziah, though in the same year. The mention of the time was evidently made when the prophecy was composed, and it is to be presumed that the death of Uzziah had occurred at the time when the prophet saw this vision. If so, it is clear that this was not the first of his prophecies, for he saw his visions ‘in the days of Uzziah;’ Isa 1:
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This is not the first beginning of Isaiah's prophecies, but his inauguration to a higher degree of the prophetic office: Isa 6:9, &c., implies the tone of one who had already experience of the people's obstinacy. Lord--here Adonai, Jehovah in Isa 6:5; Jesus Christ is meant as speaking in Isa 6:10, according to Joh 12:41.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
In the year of the death i.e., when he was smitten with zaraath.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּשְׁנַת־ | bishnat- | in [the] year of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| מוֹת֙ | mot | [the] death of | H4194 → | 156 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ | ʾuziyahu | Uzziah | H5818 → | 27 times |
| וָאֶרְאֶ֧ה | vaereh | and I saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֛י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יֹשֵׁ֥ב | yoshev | sitting | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כִּסֵּ֖א | kise' | a throne | H3678 → | 135 times |
| רָ֣ם | ram | high | H7311 → | 190 times |
| וְנִשָּׂ֑א | venisa' | and lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| וְשׁוּלָ֖יו | veshulav | and [the] skirts of robe his | H7757 → | |
| מְלֵאִ֥ים | meleim | [were] filling | H4390 → | 249 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַהֵיכָֽל׃ | haheikhal | the temple | H1964 → | 80 times |
בִּשְׁנַת־in [the] year of
bishnat-H8141 →877 times
מוֹת֙[the] death of
motH4194 →156 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּUzziah
ʾuziyahuH5818 →27 times
וָאֶרְאֶ֧הand I saw
vaerehH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲדֹנָ֛י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יֹשֵׁ֥בsitting
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כִּסֵּ֖אa throne
kise'H3678 →135 times
רָ֣םhigh
ramH7311 →190 times
וְנִשָּׂ֑אand lifted up
venisa'H5375 →656 times
וְשׁוּלָ֖יוand [the] skirts of robe his
veshulavH7757 →
מְלֵאִ֥ים[were] filling
meleimH4390 →249 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַהֵיכָֽל׃the temple
haheikhalH1964 →80 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 7:9As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool.…
it leads to
- Revelation 1:14
The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
- Mark 9:3
His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.
- Daniel 7:13
In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
- Matthew 17:2
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…
- Revelation 1:14
Through
John 12:41Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
it leads to
- Isaiah 6:1–5
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
- Isaiah 6:1–5
Through
Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
it leads to
- Isaiah 6:4
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
- Isaiah 6:4
Through
Psalms 113:5Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
it leads to
- Jeremiah 10:6
There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- Jeremiah 10:6
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 14 (PSALM 81) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.