Isaiah 6:3

Isaiah Called to Be a Prophet

1 In the year that ^aKing Uzziah died, I ^bsaw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.

2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, ^awith two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 And one cried to another and said:
^a“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
^bThe whole earth is full of His glory!”

4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 So I said:
“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.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from ^athe altar.

7 And he ^atouched my mouth with it, and said:
“Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin¹ purged.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Holy, holy, holy - This hymn performed by the seraphim, divided into two choirs, the one singing responsively to the other, which Gregory Nazian., Carm. 18, very elegantly calls , , , is formed upon the practice of alternate singing, which prevailed in the Jewish Church from the time of Moses, whose ode at the Red Sea was thus performed, (see Exodus 15:20, Exodus 15:21), to that of Ezra, under whom the priests and Levites sung alternately,

"O praise Jehovah, for he is gracious;

For his mercy endureth for ever;"

Ezra 3:11. See De Sac. Poes. Hebr. Prael. xix., at the beginning.

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