Wings cover the faces of the *fiery *angels, but not their ears, which are ready to hear God’s instructions. Wings also cover the *angels’ feet. That seems to mean that the *angels will obey God. They will go only where the *Lord sends them.
Verse Isaiah 6:2. _ABOVE IT STOOD THE SERAPHIM_] שרפים _seraphim_, from שרף _seraph_, to _burn_. He saw says _Kimchi_, the angels as flames of fire, that the depravity of that generation might be exhi...
ABOVE IT - Either above the throne, or above him. The Septuagint renders it, ‘Round about him’ - κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ _kuklō_ _autou_. The Chaldee, ‘The holy ministers stood on high in his presence.’ THE...
CHAPTER 6 The Prophet's Vision and New Commission 1. _The time of the vision (Isaiah 6:1)_ 2. _Jehovah of hosts (Isaiah 6:2)_ 3. _The prophet's woe (Isaiah 6:5)_ 4. The cleansing ...
ISAIAH 6. THE CALL OF ISAIAH. This chapter contains Isaiah's own account of his call to the prophetic office. Presumably it was written down some time after the event, but the interval need not have b...
IT: i.e. the throne. seraphims. burning ones. No Art. Celestial beings, named but unexplained. Name used of the serpents (Numbers 21:6) because of the burning effect produced by them, just as _nachash...
Jehovah appears to the prophet in human form, and as a King, seated on a throne, surrounded by ministering servants who sing His praise (cf. 1 Kings 22:19 ff.). The scene is the Temple (Isaiah 6:1), w...
_Above it … seraphims_ better, SERAPHIM WERE STANDING OVER HIM, i.e. in the attitude of service. One standing in the presence of another who is seated is always said to be _over_him, whatever their mu...
ABOVE IT STOOD— The state, figure, and actions of the Seraphim are here described: The word שׂופים _seraphim,_ says Vitringa, signifies fiery and shining bodies, from ףּשׂר _seraph,_ to burn; (see Numb...
CHAPTER SIX D. ILLUMINATION FROM THE ALMIGHTY Isaiah 6:1-13 1. THE PROPHET SEES GOD Isaiah 6:1-7 a. THE GLORY TEXT: Isaiah 6:1-4 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a
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. ABOVE IT (OR, ABOVE HIM) STOOD - not necessaril...
6:2 standing (f-3) Or 'attending.' him. (g-5) Or 'it.'...
THE PROPHET'S CALL This c., which recounts the prophet's call and commission, would stand first in a chronological arrangement of the book. The opening words remind us of the vision of Micaiah (1 King...
ABOVE IT] RV 'above him.' THE SERAPHIMS] here only in OT. the word denotes supernatural beings, It is derived from the verb 'to burn,' and may simply indicate the fiery or glowing appearance of Jehova...
ABOVE IT STOOD THE SERAPHIMS... — It is noticeable that this is the only passage in which the seraphim are mentioned as part of the host of heaven. In Numbers 21:6, the word (the primary meaning of wh...
שְׂרָפִ֨ים עֹמְדִ֤ים ׀ מִ מַּ֨עַל֙ לֹ֔ו שֵׁ֧שׁ...
CHAPTER IV ISAIAH'S CALL AND CONSECRATION 740 B.C. written 735? or 727? Isaiah 6:1 IT has been already remarked that in chapter 6 we should find no other truths than those which have been unfolded...
A CALL TO HEROIC SERVICE Isaiah 6:1-13 Kings die; Jesus lives. See John 12:41. We are here reminded of Acts 22:17-18. How great the contrast between the worship of these seraphim in the Unseen-Holy...
We now begin the second part of the first circle of prophecy, which contains the prophecies during the reigns of Jotham and Ahaz. When Uzziah died, Isaiah was called to the exercise of a larger minist...
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...
_The two Seraphims "burning." They are supposed to constitute the highest order of angels, Numbers xxi. 6. --- His. God's or their own face. Hebrew and Septuagint are ambiguous. Out of respect, (Calme...
From the light thrown upon this blessed vision, in the other parts of scripture, as before shown, and all evidently, and plainly directed to prove that it is the person of Christ, who manifested himse...
2._And the seraphim stood upon it. _Having declared that God appeared to him full of majesty and of glory, he adds, that God was attended by angels, whom the Prophet calls _seraphim _on account of the...
But it was in the counsels of God that His presence should be established in glory in the midst of His people, and this will be accomplished in Christ at the end of the age. Hence the testimony of the...
ABOVE IT STOOD THE SERAPHIMS,.... Not above the temple, nor above the throne, much less above him that sat upon it, but either "by him", on the right hand and on the left, as Aben Ezra; or "near him",...
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. Ver. 2. _Above it stood the seraphims._] Those hea...
_Above it_ Or, rather, _above him_, as ממעל לו might be better rendered; _stood the seraphim_ As ministers attending upon their Lord, and waiting to receive and execute his commands. The word _seraphi...
JEHOVAH REVEALED IN HIS GLORY...
Above it stood the seraphim, heavenly spirits of the highest rank, ministers of the Lord serving as guardians of the throne. EACH ONE HAD SIX WINGS, in accordance with their nature as heavenly beings;...
1-8 In this figurative vision, the temple is thrown open to view, even to the most holy place. The prophet, standing outside the temple, sees the Divine Presence seated on the mercy-seat, raised over...
ABOVE IT STOOD, as ministers attending upon their Lord, and waiting to receive and execute his commands, THE SERAPHIMS; certain holy and blessed angels, thus called from _fire_ and _burning_, which th...
Isaiah 6:2 Above H4605 stood H5975 (H8802) seraphim H8314 one H259 six H8337 wings H3671 two H8147 covered...
THE VISION OF GOD (ISAIAH 6:1). At the heart of Isaiah's ministry lies this vision of God. In it he sees the glory of God, and yet he makes no attempt to describe God Himself, probably because what h...
SERAPHIMS Hebrew, Burners. The word occurs only here. (_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 1:5). _ The Seraphim are, in many respects, in contrast with the Cherubim, though both are expressive of the divine...
Isaiah 6:1 I. The spiritual or angelic life on earth consists not only of devotion. The seraph himself, though indeed the spirit of adoration is upon him always, is not always engaged in direct acts o...
Isaiah 6:1 We have here in this wondrous vision the proper inauguration of the great evangelical prophet to his future work. I. First, he gives the date of the vision. "In the year that king Uzziah d...
Isaiah 6:1 I. Consider what the prophet saw. He sees Jehovah as Ruler, Governor, King; He is upon a throne, high and lifted up. It is the throne of absolute sovereignty: of resistless, questionless su...
Isaiah 6:2 Is it not strange, that of those parts of an angel's figure, which seem as if they were made only for action, four out of six are used for an entirely different purpose? It is to teach us,...
Isaiah 6:2 I. The seraphim, or burning ones these strange mystic creatures whom Isaiah beheld hovering above Jehovah's throne, and whose resounding cries pierced his soul. The first thing that strikes...
Isaiah 6:1. 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...
Isaiah 6:1. _In the year that King Uzziah died_ You remember him, that leprous king, that king who had thrust himself into the priests' office, and was smitten of leprosy, and shut up in a separate h...
CONTENTS: Isaiah's transforming vision and his new commission. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Those who are to teach others the knowledge of God must themselves have the vision of God. Those a...
The excellence of the prophet's labours during the war with Pekah and Rezin, seems to be the cause why this vision occupies but a secondary place. God gave it to console the church on the death of so...
_In the year that King Uzziah died I saw also the Lord_ THE STORY OF THE PROPHET’S CALL--WHY INSERTED HERE Why the narrative of the prophet’s call was not, as in the cases of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, a...
_Above it stood the seraphim_ THE SERAPHIM The first question that arises is, Who, or what were the seraphim? They belong to this vision only, and must stand in vital relation to the condition and c...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:2 THE SERAPHIM. Fiery angelic beings (the Hebrew word means “flames”). SIX WINGS... HE COVERED. Even a perfect, superhuman creature humbles himself before the all-holy God....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 6:1 God Redefines the Future of His People: “Your Guilt Is Taken Away.” God’s grace will preserve a remnant of his people. They will enjoy his eternal messianic kingdom and will...
THE SERAPHIM AND THEIR SONG Isaiah 6:2. _And above it stood the seraphim, &c._ I. THE SERAPHIM.—The Scriptures disclose to us the fact that there is a spiritual world, vast and variously populated, s...
THE SERVICE OF THE SERAPHIM Isaiah 6:1; Isaiah 6:5. _I saw also the Lord, &c._ In that perfect prayer which our Lord bequeathed to His disciples we are taught to ask that God’s will may be done in ea...
THE SERAPHIM Isaiah 6:2. _Above it stood the seraphim_ [721] _each had six wings, &c._ [721] As those that are nearest of a king’s attendants stand behind his throne or chair of state, at his elbow....
THE PROPHET’S CALL Isaiah 6:1. _In the year that King Uzziah died, &c._ We have here the history of Isaiah’s call to his great life-work. Perhaps in a modern biography this chapter would have been pl...
ISAIAH’S VISION Isaiah 6:1. _In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord, &c._ [712] [712] God is invisible; yet in that heavenly world in which He has His special and eternal residence He...
REVELATIONS OF GOD Isaiah 6:1. _In the year that King Uzziah died I saw, &c._ [700] [700] The scene of the Vision is the Temple, and its features will have been the same whether we suppose them to ha...
THE TRINITY IN UNITY (_For Trinity Sunday_.) Isaiah 6:1. _In the year that King Uzziah died, &c._ Scene of this sublime vision, the Temple; _time_, “the year that King Uzziah died.” Why is this fact...
SECTION III. ISAIAH'S VISION OF GOD UPON HIS THRONE (Isaiah 6:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 6:1 THE VISION
By Chuck Smith Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Isaiah, chapter 6, as Isaiah records for us his commissioning by God for his ministry. Now you remember in chapter 1 that Isaiah tells us that his tim...
1 Kings 19:13; 1 Kings 22:19; 1 Kings 6:24; 1 Kings 6:27; 1 Kings 8:7
THE LORD HIGH AND LIFTED UP Isaiah 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a twofold vision suggested in the first verse of our study. "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a t...
Stood — As ministers attending upon their Lord. Seraphim — An order of holy angels, thus called from fire and burning, which this word properly signifies; to represent either their nature, which is br...