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.
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Isaiah 6
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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.
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And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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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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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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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.
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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,
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And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
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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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Isaiah 6 Study & Commentary
The Vision of the Thrice-Holy God: Isaiah's commission in the year King Uzziah died. He sees the Lord on a high throne. After his lips are purged by a coal from the altar, he is sent with a message of judgment.
THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
1. The Trisagion: Holy, holy, holy (v. 3). The repetition emphasizes the absolute holiness of God.2. The Prophetic Purge: Isaiah's Woe is me illustrates that the closer a man gets to God, the more he perceives his own depravity.
3. The Judicial Blinding: A decree where the preaching serves to seal the judgment of the unrepentant.
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. The Altar's Provision: Our iniquity is taken away only through the live coal (atonement) from God's altar.2. Availability: Here am I; send me. True service begins with a surrendered heart.
