Isaiah 6

Isaiah’s Commission// Matthew 13:10–17; Mark 4:10–12; Acts 28:16–31

¹In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. ²Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. ³And they were calling out to one another:

• IS 6:1[PROPHECY]Isaiah saw the glory of Christ pre-incarnate → JN 12:40-41
• IS 6:2[MIRACLE]Seraphim cry holy, holy, holy and a coal touches Isaiah's lips

“Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh of Hosts;

all the earth is full of His glory.”

• IS 6:3[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → REV 4:8

⁴At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.

• IS 6:4[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 15:8

⁵Then I said:

“Woe is me,

for I am ruined,

because I am a man of unclean lips

dwelling among a people of unclean lips;

for my eyes have seen the King,

Yahweh of Hosts.”

⁶Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷And with it he touched my mouth and said:

“Now that this has touched your lips,

your iniquity is removed

and your sin is atoned for.”

⁸Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

“Whom shall I send?

Who will go for Us?”

And I said:

“Here am I. Send me!”

⁹And He replied:

“Go and tell this people,

‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;

be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

• IS 6:9[PROPHECY]His parables would fall on deaf ears → MT 13:13-15; ACTS 28:25-27
• IS 6:9[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 13:14-15
• IS 6:9[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MK 4:12
• IS 6:9[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → LK 8:10
• IS 6:9[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 28:26-27

¹⁰Make the hearts of this people calloused;

deafen their ears and close their eyes.

Otherwise they might see with their eyes,

hear with their ears,

understand with their hearts,

and turn and be healed.”

• IS 6:10[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → JN 12:40

¹¹Then I asked:

“How long, O Lord?”

And He replied:

“Until the cities lie ruined

and without inhabitant,

until the houses are left unoccupied

and the land is desolate and ravaged,

• IS 6:11[PROPHECY]The land would be emptied and the people sent far away → 2KI 25:11; 2KI 25:21

¹²until Yahweh has driven men far away

and the land is utterly forsaken.

¹³And though a tenth remains in the land,

it will be burned again.

As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled,

so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

• IS 6:13[PROPHECY]A holy remnant would remain like a stump → EZR 9:8; ROM 11:5MEDIUM