Isaiah 6:7

And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin.

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And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

In Context

6Then a winged one came to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from off the altar with the fire-spoon.

8And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.

Isaiah 53:10And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...

Daniel 10:16Then one whose form was like the sons of men put his finger on my lips; and opening my mouth, I said to him who was before me, O my lord, because of the vision my pains have come on me, and I have no more strength.

Zechariah 3:4And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;

Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean:

1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:6-9

Isaiah's Heavenly Vision. ( b. c. 758.) 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord,… Read the whole commentary →

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