ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:1 God Redefines the Future of His People: “Your Guilt Is Taken Away.” God’s grace will preserve a remnant of his people. They will enjoy his eternal messianic kingdom and will fulfill the purpose for which he called them. That offer of grace spreads from Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1) t... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:2 THE SERAPHIM. Fiery angelic beings (the Hebrew word means “flames”). SIX WINGS... HE COVERED. Even a perfect, superhuman creature humbles himself before the all-holy God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:3 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY. Holiness implies absolute moral purity and absolute uniqueness. Repeating the term three times emphasizes these qualities (compare Revelation 4:8). GLORY is a technical term for God’s self-displayed presence with his people, which took various forms. God’s... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:4 WOE IS ME! For the first time in the book, Isaiah speaks. His word is a lament over his own sinful condition. He admits that he has UNCLEAN LIPS (for the meaning of “unclean” here, see Introduction to Leviticus: Problems in Understanding Leviticus). I DWELL IN THE MIDST. Is... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:6 THIS HAS TOUCHED YOUR LIPS. Isaiah has been prepared to speak God’s message. ALTAR... ATONED FOR. God declares the remedy for Isaiah’s sin to be sufficient and instantly effective. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, im... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:8 WHOM SHALL I SEND, AND WHO WILL GO FOR US? Compare “let us make man” (Genesis 1:26). God could be addressing himself, as one God existing in three Persons (the Christian doctrine of the Trinity; see note on Gen. 1:26), or he could be addressing his heavenly court. This seco... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:9 God decrees that the prophet’s ministry will have a hardening effect on his hearers (compare Matthew 13:14; John 12:39; Acts 28:25). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:11 God’s discipline will leave only a remnant of his people—THE HOLY SEED—like a single STUMP left after a forest has been BURNED over. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]