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Isaiah 6:5

Isaiah 6:5 said H559 (H8799) Woe H188 undone H1820 (H8738) man H376 unclean H2931 lips H8193 dwell H3427 (H8802) midst H8432 people H5971 unclean H2931 lips H8193 eyes H5869 seen H7200 (H8804) King H4428 LORD H3068 hosts H6635

said I - Exodus 33:20; Judges 6:22, Judges 13:22; Job 42:5-6; Daniel 10:6-8; Habakkuk 3:16; Luke 5:8-9; Revelation 1:16-17

undone - Heb. cut off

a man - Exodus 4:10, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30; Jeremiah 1:6; Zechariah 3:1-7; Matthew 12:34-37; James 3:1-2

I dwell - Isaiah 29:13; Jeremiah 9:3-8; Ezekiel 2:6-8, Ezekiel 33:31; James 3:6-10

mine eyes - Isaiah 33:17; Revelation 1:5-7

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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