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Verse Isaiah 6:6. _A LIVE COAL_] The word of prophecy, which was put
into the mouth of the prophet.
_FROM OFF THE ALTAR_] That is, from the altar of burnt-offerings,
before the door of the temple, o...
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THEN FLEW - Isaiah is represented as standing out of the temple; the
seraphim as in it.
HAVING A LIVE COAL - The Vulgate renders this, ‘A stone.’ This is,
probably, the original meaning of the word; s...
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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 ...
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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...
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FLEW. Compare "ran" (Luke 15:20).
THE TONGS. Reference to Pent, (Exodus 25:38; Exodus 25:37; Exodus
25:23 ("snuffers")....
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The ceremony of purification is in many respects unique, and seems to
involve several ideas: (1) It shews that contact with the fire of the
divine holiness is not necessarily destructive even to man....
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DISCOURSE: 866
ISAIAH’S VISION OF CHRIST
Isaiah 6:5. 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 ha...
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THEN SAID I, &C.— The second part of this vision contains the
sanctification of the prophet for the undertaking of a great
prophetical office, and consists of two parts: the first describes the
prophe...
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b. THE GRACE
TEXT: Isaiah 6:5-7
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Then I said, 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...
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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:
THEN FLEW ONE OF THE SERAPHIM UNTO ME. The seraph had been in the
temp...
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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...
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LIVE COAL] Fire is the symbol of purification: cp. Malachi 3:2;
Matthew 3:11....
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But God has work for Isaiah to do. The action of a *fiery *angel
convinces Isaiah that God has forgiven him. So Isaiah is now able to
do what God asks.
GOD’S HARD TASK FOR ISAIAH
V8 Then I heard th...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 6
GOD CALLS ISAIAH
V1 In the year when King Uzziah died, I s...
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THEN FLEW ONE OF THE SERAPHIMS. — In presenting the vision to our
mind’s eye we have to think of the bright seraph form, glowing as
with fire, and with wings like the lightning-flash, leaving his
stat...
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וַ יָּ֣עָף אֵלַ֗י אֶחָד֙ מִן ־הַ
שְּׂרָפִ֔ים
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_Coal. "Carbuncle," (Septuagint) the word of God, (St. Basil) spirit
of prophecy, (St. Jerome, 142. ad Dam., &c.)_...
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Reader! do remark with me, the infinite grace of the Lord! see how,
amidst all the sanctities of heaven, the case of a poor sinner upon
earth was taken notice of, and provided for. Depend upon it, the...
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6._Then flew one of the seraphim to me. _The Prophet shows what kind
of relief was brought to him, when he was so terrified as to think
that he was a dead man; and this confirms what we have already s...
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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...
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THEN FLEW ONE OF THE SERAPHIM UNTO ME,.... When the prophet had
confessed his sin; for upon that follows the application of pardon;
and when the seraph, or minister of the Gospel, had an order from th...
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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:
Ver. 6. _Then flew one of the seraphims unto me._] _Relinquit chorum
il...
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_Then flew one of the seraphim unto me_ By God's command; _having a
live coal in his hand_ Both a token and an instrument of purification,
as the next verse explains it; _which he had taken with the t...
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JEHOVAH REVEALED IN HIS GLORY...
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Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar, the altar of
incense evidently being referred to;...
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HAVING A LIVE COAL:
_ Heb._ and in his hand a live coal...
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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...
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THEN FLEW ONE OF THE SERAPHIMS UNTO ME, by God's command, _having a
live coal_; both a token and an instrument of purification, as the
next verse explains it. FROM OFF THE ALTAR OF BURNT-OFFERING, whi...
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Isaiah 6:6 one H259 seraphim H8314 flew H5774 (H8799) hand H3027 coal
H7531 taken H3947 (H8804) tongs...
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YAHWEH'S CALL TO ISAIAH (ISAIAH 6:5).
As Isaiah stood, or possibly prostrated himself, before the wonderful
vision of resplendent holiness, it was all too much for him as he was
made aware of his own...
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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...
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Isaiah 6:5
These verses teach us the essentials of true worship and of acceptable
approach to God. And they seem to indicate these essentials as
threefold, involving:
I. A sense of personal wretchedn...
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Isaiah 6:6
There must be a relation between prayer and action: between prayer,
which is the soul of the inward life; and action, which is the
substance of the outward.
I. Prayer is the preparation fo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his
hand_
THE LIVE COAL FROM THE ALTAR
These words seem to address themselves in the way of encouragement and
consolation--
I. TO THE MI...
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_Then said I, Woe is me!--_
THE MORAL HISTORY OF A RISING SOUL; OR, THE WAY UP FROM DEPRAVITY TO
HOLINESS
Whilst holiness is the normal, depravity is the actual state of man.
A restoration to his s...
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_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...
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A SIGHT OF GOD AND A SENSE OF SIN
Isaiah 6:5. _Then said I, &c._
Visions of the throne of God were given to Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel
among the prophets, and to John among the Apostles [748].
[748...
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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...
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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...
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THE MORAL HISTORY OF A RISING SOUL
Isaiah 6:5. _Then said I, Woe is me, &c._
Whilst holiness is the normal, depravity is the actual state of man. A
restoration to that spiritual condition is his prof...
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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...
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SECTION III. ISAIAH'S VISION OF GOD UPON HIS THRONE (Isaiah 6:1.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 6:1
THE VISION
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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...
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Acts 2:3; Daniel 9:21; Ezekiel 10:2; Hebrews 1:14; Hebrews 1:7;...
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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...
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Flew — By God's command. A coal — Both a token and an instrument
of purification. The altar — Of burnt — offering....