Isaiah Called to Be a Prophet
a“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
bThe whole earth is full of His glory!”
“Woe is me, for I am1 undone!
Because I am a man of aunclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.”
“Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin1 purged.”
“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for aUs?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
bLest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”
a“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So athe holy seed shall be its stump.”
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Isaiah 6:2
Above it stood the seraphim - seraphim , from seraph , to burn. He saw says Kimchi, the angels as flames of fire, that the depravity of that generation might be exhibited, which was worthy of being totally burnt up.
He covered his feet "He covereth his feet" - By the feet the Hebrews mean all the lower parts of the body. But the people of the East generally wearing long robes, reaching to the ground, and covering the lower parts of the body down to the feet, it may hence have been thought want of respect and decency to appear in public and on solemn occasions with even the feet themselves uncovered. Kempfer, speaking of the king of Persia giving audience, says, Rex in medio supremi atrii cruribus more patrio inflexis sedebat: corpus tunica investiebat flava, AD suras cum staret protensa; discumbentis vero pedes discalceatos pro urbanitate patria operiens . - Amoen. Exot. p. 227. "The king sat on the floor cross-legged, as is the custom of the country. He was covered with a yellow garment, which reached down to the feet when standing, but covered the feet for decency when sitting with his slippers off." Sir John Chardin' s MS. note on this place of Isaiah is as follows: Grande marque de respect en orient de se cacher les pieds, quand on est assis, et de baisser le visage. Quand le souvrain se monstre en Chine et a Japon, chacun se jette le visage contre terre, et il n' est pas permis de regarder le roi ; "It is a great mark of respect in the East to cover the feet, and to bow down the head in the presence of the king."
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Isaiah 6:2:
Numbers 21:6
Job 9:34
Isaiah 1:2
Hebrews 1:7
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