Isaiah 6:1

In the year of the death of king Uzziah — I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

In Context

2Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two [each] covereth its face, and with two [each] covereth its feet, and with two [each] flieth.

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Cross References

Exodus 24:10and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

1 Kings 8:10And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the holy [place], that the cloud hath filled the house of Jehovah,

1 Kings 22:19And he saith, 'Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah; I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;

2 Chronicles 26:22And the rest of the matters of Uzziah, the first and the last, hath Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet written;

Job 42:5By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

Psalms 108:5Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth Thy honour.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:1

Hitherto, it should seem, Isaiah had prophesied as a candidate, having only a virtual and tacit commission; but here we have him (if I may so speak) solemnly ordained and set apart to the prophetic office by a more express or explicit commission, as his work grew more upon his hands: or perhaps, having seen little success of his ministry, he began to think of giving it up; and therefore God saw fit to renew his commission here in this chapter, in such a manner as might excite and encourage his zeal and industry in… Read the whole commentary →

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