In the year that king Uzziah died (a) I saw also the Lord sitting upon a (b) throne, high and lifted up, and his (c) train filled the temple. (a) God does not show himself to man in his majesty but according as man's capacity to comprehend him, that is, by visible signs as John the Baptist saw the... [ Continue Reading ]
Above it stood the (d) seraphims: each one had six wings; with two he covered his (e) face, and with two he covered his (f) feet, and with two he (g) flew. (d) They were angels so called because they were of a fiery colour, to signify that they burnt in the love of God, or were light as fire to exe... [ Continue Reading ]
And one cried to another, and said, (h) Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole (i) earth [is] full of his glory. (h) This often repetition signifies that the angels cannot satisfy themselves in praising God, to teach us that in all our lives we should give ourselves to the continual pr... [ Continue Reading ]
And the posts of the door (k) moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (k) Which was to confirm the prophet, that it was not the voice of man: and by the smoke was signified the blindness that would come on the Jews.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I, (l) Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. (l) He speaks this for two reasons, the one because he who was a mortal creature and therefore had more need... [ Continue Reading ]
Then one of the seraphims flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the (m) altar: (m) Of the burnt offerings where the fire never went out.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he laid [it] upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thy iniquity is taken away, and thy (n) sin purged. (n) This declares that man cannot render due obedience to God, till he has purged us.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, Go, and tell this people, (o) Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. (o) By which is declared that for the malice of man God will not immediately take away his word, but he will cause it to be preached to their condemnation, when as they will not learn... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I, Lord, (p) how long? And he answered, Until the cities shall be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, (p) As he was moved with the zeal of God's glory, so was he touched with a charitable affection toward the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
But yet in it [shall be] (q) a tenth, and [it] shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, (r) and as an oak, whose substance [is] in them, when they cast [their leaves: so] the holy seed [shall be] the substance of it. (q) Meaning, the tenth part: or as some write, it was revealed to Isaiah... [ Continue Reading ]