Isaiah 6:4
in Isaiah 6At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
KJV
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
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This verse in Isaiah 6
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verse 4) And the doorposts of the cardinal's palace were shaken by the voice of the one who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke. The seraphim cried out, and throughout the whole earth they proclaimed the mystery of the Trinity, when the entire earth learned of the passion of the Lord and Savior. Immediately, the threshold of the Temple was either raised or lifted up, and all its hinges fell down, fulfilling the Savior's threat, saying: Your house will be left to you desolate (Matthew 23:38). And what a beautiful arrangement of words.
This site's exposition
At the sound of their voices
on Isaiah 6:4-5
At the seraphim's cry "the temple was filled with smoke," the same smoke that filled the tabernacle when the Lord's glory took possession of it. Isaiah answers, "Woe is me, for I am ruined," and confesses unclean lips, the very organ the seraphim used to sing holiness.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
220. Third, where it says, and the lintels, he sets out the effect of their praise, namely, the punishment of sinners, below: behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty . . . …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The posts - Together with the door itself. Such violent motions were commonly tokens of God's anger. Smoak - Which elsewhere is a token of God's presence and acceptance, but here of his anger.
This violent concussion of the temple was an indication of God's wrath and displeasure against the people for their sins; it was an earnest of the destruction of it and the city by the Babylonians first, and afterwards by the Romans; and it was designed to strike an awe upon us.
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,.... That is, the posts of the door of the temple, as the Targum adds, where this vision was seen, as represented to the prophet.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And the posts of the door - Margin, ‘Thresholds.’ There is some difficulty in the Hebrew here, but the meaning of the expression is sufficiently apparent. It means that there was a tremour, or concussion, as if by awe, or by the sound attending the cry. It is evidently a poetic expression. The house - The temple. Was filled with smoke - There is here, doubtless, a reference to “the cloud” that is so often mentioned in the Old Testament as the visible symbol of the Divinity; see the note at Isa 4:
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּנֻ֙עוּ֙ | vaiyanuu | and they shook | H5128 → | 40 times |
| אַמּ֣וֹת | ʾamot | [the] foundations of | H520 → | |
| הַסִּפִּ֔ים | hasipim | the thresholds | H5592 → | |
| מִקּ֖וֹל | mikol | from [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| הַקּוֹרֵ֑א | hakore' | the [one who] called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| וְהַבַּ֖יִת | vehabayit | and the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִמָּלֵ֥א | yimale' | it was filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| עָשָֽׁן׃ | ʾashan | smoke | H6227 → | 25 times |
וַיָּנֻ֙עוּ֙and they shook
vaiyanuuH5128 →40 times
אַמּ֣וֹת[the] foundations of
ʾamotH520 →
הַסִּפִּ֔יםthe thresholds
hasipimH5592 →
מִקּ֖וֹלfrom [the] voice of
mikolH6963 →506 times
הַקּוֹרֵ֑אthe [one who] called
hakore'H7121 →733 times
וְהַבַּ֖יִתand the house
vehabayitH1004 →2046 times
יִמָּלֵ֥אit was filled
yimale'H4390 →249 times
עָשָֽׁן׃smoke
ʾashanH6227 →25 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
Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
it leads to
- Revelation 15:8
And 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.
- Numbers 9:15–23
On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
- 2 Chronicles 7:2
The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
- Revelation 21:23–24
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- Exodus 14:19–20
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Revelation 15:8
Through
2 Chronicles 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He…
it leads to
- Ezra 3:11
And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to…
- 2 Chronicles 7:3
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and…
- Ezra 3:11
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
- 1 Kings 8:10–11
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
- 1 Kings 8:10–11
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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); Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.