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Isaiah 6 Young's Literal Translation

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1 In the year of the death of king Uzziah — I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple. 2 Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two [each] covereth its face, and with two [each] covereth its feet, and with two [each] flieth. 3 And this one hath called unto that, and hath said: 'Holy, Holy, Holy, [is] Jehovah of Hosts, The fulness of all the earth [is] His glory.' 4 And the posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of smoke. 5 And I say, 'Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man — unclean of lips [am] I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.' 6 And flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken [it] from off the altar,) 7 and he striketh against my mouth, and saith: 'Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.' 8 And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: 'Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, 'Here [am] I, send me.' 9 And He saith, 'Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye — to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye — to see, and ye do not know. 10 Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.' 11 And I say, 'Till when, O Lord?' And He saith, 'Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted — a desolation, 12 And Jehovah hath put man far off, And great [is] the forsaken part in the heart of the land. 13 And yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed [is] its substance!'

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Uzziah

    King of Judah

    A strong, mostly faithful king whose pride in the temple brought him leprosy.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron. 26; Isa. 6:1; Matt. 1:8-9

Cross references (13)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 John 12:41; Revelation 15:8; Daniel 7:9; Psalm 113:5; Revelation 7:15–17
  2. 2 Revelation 4:8; Ezekiel 1:11; Psalm 103:20; Psalm 104:4; Isaiah 6:6
  3. 3 Revelation 4:8–9; Psalm 72:19; Numbers 14:21; Exodus 15:11; Ezra 3:11
  4. 4 Revelation 15:8; Revelation 11:19; 2 Chronicles 5:13–6:1; Exodus 40:34; 1 Kings 8:10–12
  5. 5 Luke 5:8–9; James 3:6–10; Jeremiah 9:3–8; Jeremiah 1:6; Matthew 12:34–37
  6. 6 Revelation 8:3–5; Hebrews 9:22–26; Ezekiel 10:2; Hebrews 13:10; Isaiah 6:2
  7. 7 Jeremiah 1:9; 1 John 1:7; Isaiah 43:25; Daniel 10:16; Matthew 9:2
  8. 8 Exodus 4:10–13; Acts 26:16–17; Ephesians 3:8; Acts 22:21; Isaiah 65:1
  9. 9 Matthew 13:14–15; Luke 8:10; Mark 4:12; John 12:40; Acts 28:26–27
  10. 10 Matthew 13:15; Acts 28:27; Jeremiah 5:21; Jeremiah 6:10; John 3:19–20
  11. 11 Psalm 94:3; Leviticus 26:31; Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 24:1–12
  12. 12 Jeremiah 4:29; Deuteronomy 28:64; Isaiah 26:15; Jeremiah 12:7; 2 Kings 25:21
  13. 13 Job 14:7–9; Romans 11:5–6; Genesis 22:18; Romans 11:16–29; Isaiah 65:8–9

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 6:3 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XXXIV–XXXIX)

    For the Scripture saith, "Ten thousand times ten thousand stood around Him, and thousands of thousands ministered unto Him, and cried, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord of Sabaoth; the whole creation is full of His glory." And let us therefore, conscientiously gathering together in harmony, cry to Him earnestly, as with one mouth, that we may be made partakers …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 6:5 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XVIII)

    After this invisible manner, therefore, did they see God, as also Esaias says, "I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts," pointing out that man should behold God with his eyes, and hear His voice.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 6:10 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter XII — 37-43)

    … that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded, according as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of remorse, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day"?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 6:9 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XLV)

    "For in them is fulfilled," saith He, "the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive." Seest thou the prophet likewise, accusing them with this same accuracy?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 6:1 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIV)

    And this throne the Prophet Esaias having beheld before the incarnate coming of the Saviour, says, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the rest.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)