Isaiah 6

Isaiah's Vision of the Lord

1 In the year that a King Uzziah died, I b saw 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, c with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 And one cried to another and said:
d "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
e The 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 am 1 undone!
Because I am a man of f unclean 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 g the altar. 7 And he h touched my mouth with it, and said:
"Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin 2 purged."

Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
"Whom shall I send,
And who will go for i Us?"
Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

9 And He said, "Go, and j tell this people:
'Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.' 10 "Make k the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
l Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed." 11 Then I said, "Lord, how long?" And He answered:
m "Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate, 12 n The LORD has removed men far away,
And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13 But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So o the holy seed shall be its stump."

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:7
    So Azariah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.
    2 Chronicles 26:23
    So Uzziah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, "He is a leper." Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.
    Isaiah 1:1
    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
  2. Cross References
    John 12:41
    These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
    Revelation 4:2
    Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.
    Revelation 4:3
    And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
    Revelation 20:11
    Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:11
    Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies.
  4. Cross References
    Revelation 4:8
    The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 14:21
    But truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD -
    Psalms 72:19
    And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 6:12
    And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?
    Exodus 6:30
    But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?
  7. Cross References
    Revelation 8:3
    Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:9
    Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me: "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
    Daniel 10:16
    And suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, "My lord, because of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me, and I have retained no strength.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 1:26
    Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:8
    Bring out the blind people who have eyes, And t...
    Matthew 13:14
    And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled...
    Mark 4:12
    "so that 'Seeing they may see and not perceive,...
    Luke 8:10
    And He said, "To you it has been given to know ...
    John 12:40
    "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their h...
    Acts 28:26
    Saying, 'Go to this people and say: "Hearing yo...
    Romans 11:8
    Just as it is written: "God has given them a sp...
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 119:70
    Their heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in Your law.
    Mark 6:1 - 6
    Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him.
    Acts 7:51
    You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
    Romans 10:1 - 4
    Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:21
    Hear this now, O foolish people, Without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, And who have ears and hear not:
  13. Cross References
    Micah 3:12
    Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest.
  14. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:21
    Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
    Isaiah 5:9
    In my hearing the LORD of hosts said, "Truly, many houses shall be desolate, Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
  15. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
    Ezra 9:2
    "For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed is mixed with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this trespass."
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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