Isaiah 6: Holiness, Purging, and the Call to a Hard Message

Isaiah 6 documents the transformative vision of the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, which marks the formal commissioning of the prophet. It articulates the process of atonement where a live coal from the altar purges Isaiah's 'unclean lips,' preparing him for a daunting mission of preaching to a hardened people. This chapter establishes the absolute holiness of God as the standard that both exposes sin and empowers service.

v1-4: The Vision of the Lord and the Seraphim
v5-7: The Confession and Cleansing of the Prophet
v8-13: The Commission to a Blind and Deaf Nation

Isaiah chapter 6

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.

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

Then said I, 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 mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

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Observe how the seraphim cover their faces and feet, signifying that even sinless celestial beings must show extreme reverence in the presence of the 'Kadosh.' The 'Word Secret' is *Ritspah*, the 'live coal,' which comes from the same root as a 'paved stone,' symbolizing a firm foundation of atonement provided by the altar. It reveals that God does not use perfect people, but purified ones. Discover the riches with isaiah 6 commentary, containing expert led word study (original greek/hebrew) and passage level analysis.

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