Isaiah 6:9–10: Matthew 13:14–15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26–27; Romans 11:8.[6]
Parashot
The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[7] Isaiah 6 is a part of the Prophecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 1–12). {P}: open parashah.
{P} 6:1–13 {P}
In Jewish worship, the entire Isaiah 6 is part of the prophetic reading (Haftarah) on the Sabbath when Parasha Ytro, which includes the Ten Commandments, is read from the Torah.
Isaiah's vision of the Lord (6:1–7)
Verse 1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.[8]
Cross reference: 2 Chronicles 26:16–21
The date of the death of Uzziah has been estimated as around 740 BCE.[9][10] Archaeologist William F. Albright dated Uzziah's reign to 783 – 742 BCE.[11]
Verse 2
Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.[12]
"Seraphim": described here as the 'messengers in the divine council', but has no real biblical parallel.[13] The root word ś-r-p, for Seraph, gives a portrayal of the 'burning ones'.[13]
"Us": the plural form refers to 'the entire divine assembly'.[16]
"Here am I; send me": This declaration is remarkable because it is in contrast to the despair Isaiah expresses in verse 5 and for the observation that his human voice is heard in the heavenly court (cf. 1 Kings 22:19–23; Revelation 5:1–14).[17] The Jerusalem Bible notes Abraham and Isaiah as examples of biblical characters who readily respond, and contrasts them with Moses and Jeremiah, whose response is hesitant.[18]
^Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.[ISBN missing][page needed]
^Kidner 1994, p. 637.
^Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
^Isaiah Chapter 6 begins in the fifth column of the scroll (counting from the right), nine lines from the bottom, and continues into column six.
^Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
^Alexander, Loveday (2007). "62. Acts". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). The Oxford Bible Commentary (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1061. ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
^As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
^Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 6, accessed 11 March 2018
^Albright, William F. (1945). "The Chronology of the Divided Monarchy of Israel." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. No. 100 (Dec., 1945), pp. 16–22.
^Isaiah 6:2 ESV
^ a b cCoggins 2007, p. 443.
^Isaiah 6:3 ESV
^Isaiah 6:8 KJV
^Coogan 2007, p. 987 Hebrew Bible.
^Kidner 1994, p. 638.
^Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote k at Isaiah 6:9
^Isaiah 6:13 NKJV
Sources
Coggins, R (2007). "22. Isaiah". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). The Oxford Bible Commentary (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 433–486. ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
Coogan, Michael David (2007). Coogan, Michael David; Brettler, Marc Zvi; Newsom, Carol Ann; Perkins, Pheme (eds.). The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48 (Augmented 3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195288810.
Würthwein, Ernst (1995). The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
External links
Jewish
Isaiah 6: Hebrew with Parallel English
Christian
Isaiah 6 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Archived 2020-08-15 at the Wayback Machine