Isaiah 6:1-13
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- "Transcendent, All-Pervasive Reality," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
- Chapter XXXIV of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).
- Chapter LXXV, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- IV.XX.8, IV.XXIX.1, IV.XXXIII.11, V.XXXIV.2, V.XXXV.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter III, On Prayer, Tertullian (c. 199)
- III.VI, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 209)
- IV.19, IV.31, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter XXXII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- V.11, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Chapter VI, On Fasting, Tertullian (c. 217)
- I.III.4, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- II.23, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
- IV.26, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen / Rufinus (c.230)
- II.VIII, VI.XVIII, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "God does not show himself to man in his majesty but according as man's capacity to comprehend him, that is, by visible signs as John the Baptist saw the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "This vision is explained, john 12:41 , that Isaiah now saw Christ's glory, and spake of Him, which is a full proof that our Saviour is God."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Holy - This is repeated thrice, to intimate the Trinity of persons united in the Divine essence."
- "The Leafless Tree; Isaiah 6:13," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1857.
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Isaiah is outside, near the altar in front of the temple. The doors are supposed to open, and the veil hiding the Holy of Holies to be withdrawn, unfolding to his view a vision of God represented as an Eastern monarch, attended by seraphim as His ministers of state (1Ki 22:19), and with a robe and flowing train (a badge of dignity in the East), which filled the temple. This assertion that he had seen God was, according to tradition (not sanctioned by Isa 1:1), the pretext for sawing him asunder in Manasseh's reign (Heb 11:37). Visions often occur in the other prophets: in Isaiah there is only this one, and it is marked by characteristic clearness and simplicity."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13), Beth Tanner, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "The call was, as we see from Jeremiah, decided in our very creation. We can resist but will not be whole until we answer God and become what we are created to be and do."
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"The Call of
Isaiah," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "We are called to be God's witnesses, by what we see in our world and by what we do in our world. Seeing God's power requires prayer; doing God's will requires honesty and purpose."
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"Isaiah's Commission," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
- "When the majesty of the living God is 'set forth', there will always be the person who cries, 'Woe to me! I am ruined!' There is no need to tell them they are sinners, for their meeting with 'the Lord Almighty' in the gospel of Christ does all the exposing necessary."
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Isaiah 6:1-8, (9-13),
Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in
Australia.
- "A call upon a person's life is often unexpected and can come in many different ways and situations. Sometimes we try to ignore it especially when we see the action required as too difficult, but the spirit of God will keep on reminding and prodding us."
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Isaiah 6:1-8, (9-13),
(Epiphany 5C) The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised
Common Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "...the prophet?s response to God?s call draws him into a complex web of words of judgment (critique of individuals and society) and words of hope, of standing firm in faith. And the latter will only finally be realised among the valleys of the shadow of death."
- Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13), Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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5 Epiphany, Year C: Isaiah 6:1-13, Biblische
Ausbildung, Dr. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary.
- "We must learn to understand this judgment as an opportunity to truly know ourselves as sinners. We must accept this judgment, ultimately, as an expression of God's grace."
-
Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Isaiah 6:1-8, Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
- "Remember a time your guilt was removed. Apply that to a current guilt. Go ahead."
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"Overloading the
Senses," Expository Essay,
Isaiah 6, Dr. William R. Long.
Part 2.
- "Take time to cultivate the senses--if, that is, you want to hear and see things that you never have witnessed before."
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Commentary,
Isaiah 6:1-8, John C. Holbert, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "This text is among the more famous in the Hebrew Bible, serving as a source for the centuries' old shape of worship (Praise, Confession, Forgiveness/Pardon, and Response)."
- Isaiah 6:1-8, Trinity B,
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Isaiah 6:1-8, (Trinity, 2009), The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the
Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan,
Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "Between the prophet?s vision and sense of unworthiness, and his final gesture of readiness to go forth for God, stands a wondrous act of forgiveness."
- Isaiah 6:1-8, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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Lectionary Commentary, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, The African American
Lectionary, 2009.
- "Volunteerism, an expression of stewardship, is a major theological theme in this text. The majestic nature of the liturgical drama that unfolds invokes a sense of praise and makes clear the sacredness of God, the moment, and the call to serve."
- "The Vision of the Holy One," Ron Starenko, Holy Trinity, Crossings, 2009.
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"Called to Change," Darrell Jodock, The Christian Century, 1995.
- "A God this high and lofty cannot be domesticated into an American God or a capitalist God or a God who protects the "good guys" from the bad. The holy God brings us up short, jars us into self-recognition and beckons us to a radical reorientation of our individual, social and religious priorities. Without this turning, this repentance, we will not be ready for the changes that are to come."
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"Seraphim's Cry, Prophet's Commission," Carin Ruff,
- Haftarat Parshat Yitro - Yeshayahu 6:1-13, Menachem Leibtag, Tanach Study Center.
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Commentary,
Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13), Beth Tanner, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- Articles & Background:
- "Crown Weaving in the Celestial Household," The Midrash. From Jewish Heritage Online Magazine's Topic of the Month: Crown.
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"The
Holy and the Sacred," Paul S. Minear, Yale Divinity School. Theology
Today, 1990.
- "The sacred is found wherever religion is found; the holy wherever God is present. Accordingly, it is quite possible to consider many things as sacred but nothing as holy, or equally possible to treat many things as holy but nothing as sacred. Everything depends on the concept of God. Of the two terms, theistic religions view the holy as primary, the sacred as secondary."
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"The
Craft of Forgiveness," L. Gregory Jones,
Loyola College. Theology Today, October, 1993.
- "If, and insofar as, Christians are able to recognize that forgiveness is a way of life rather than a simple word to assuage guilt, then we will be on our way to embodying the wholeness of the gospel through mastering the craft of forgiveness."
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Beale, G.K.,
"Isaiah 6:9-13: A Retributive Taunt against Idolatry," Vetus
Testamentum, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Beuken, Willem A.M.,
"The Manifestation of Yahweh and the Commission of Isaiah: Isaiah 6 Read
against the Background of Isaiah 1," Calvin Theological Journal,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brownlee, William H.,
"The Text of Isaiah 6:13 in the Light of DS1a," Vetus Testamentum,
1951.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Burnett, Joel S., "Where Is God? Divine Absence in
Israelite Religion," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cate, Robert L.,
"We Need to Be Saved (Isaiah 1:1-2; 5:1-2; 6:1-13)," Review &
Expositor, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Day, John,
"Echoes of Baal's Seven Thunders and Lightnings in Psalm XXIX and Habakkuk
III 9 and the Identity of the Seraphim in Isaiah 6," Vetus
Testamentum, 1979.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ellenwood, Lee K., "Face to Face with the Living God:
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for February," The Living
Pulpit, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Eslinger, Lyle,
"The Infinite in a Finite Organical Perception," Vetus Testamentum,
1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Evans, Craig A.,
"The Function of Isaiah 6:9-10 in Mark and John," Novum Testamentum,
1982.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Evans, Craig A.,
"Isaiah 6:9-13 in the Context of Isaiah's Theology," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gowan, Donald E.,
"Expository Article: Isaiah 6:1-8," Interpretation, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harvey, Barry,
"On Seeing: Isaiah 6:1-12," Review & Expositor, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hill, Robert C.,
"St John Chrysostom as Biblical Commentator: Six Homilies on Isaiah 6,"
St. Vladimir's Theological Theological Quarterly, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jodock, Darrell,
"Called to Change," The Christian Century, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Joines, Karen Randolph,
"Winged Serpents in Isaiah's Inaugural Vision," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kee, Min Suc, "The Heavenly Council and its
Type-scene," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Key, Andrew F.,
"The Magical Background of Isaiah 6:9-13," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Knierim, Rolf,
"The Vocation of Isaiah," Vetus Testamentum, 1968.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Landy, Francis,
"Vision and Voice in Isaiah," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Liebreich, Leon J.,
"The Position of Chapter Six in the Book of Isaiah," Hebrew Union
College Annual, 1954.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Love, Julian Price,
"The Call of Isaiah: An Exposition of Isaiah 6," Interpretation,
1957.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Manteufel, Thomas, "Homiletical Helps on LW Series
C.," Concordia Journal, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Milgrom, Jacob,
"Did Isaiah Prophesy during the Reign of Uzziah?" Vetus Testamentum,
1964.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Provençal, Philippe,
"Regarding SRP in the Hebrew Bible," Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Seitz, Christopher R.,
"A Mid-Inauguration? A Meditation on Isaiah 6," Calvin Theological
Journal, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Steinmetz, David C.,
"John Calvin on Isaiah 6: A Problem in the History of Exegesis,"
Interpretation, 1982.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Yaqob, Olga, MVM,
"The Face of God in Suffering: Iraq," Theology Today, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Beale, G.K.,
"Isaiah 6:9-13: A Retributive Taunt against Idolatry," Vetus
Testamentum, 1991.
- Sermons:
- Lighting A Fire In A Cold Room Harold C. Warlick, Jr, SermonStudio.
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"The
Experience of the Holy," Paul Tillich, from The Shaking of the Foundations,
1955. At Religion Online.
- "We are all eager for the prophetic spirit. We are anxious to lead the people to a new justice and to a better social order. We long to save the nations from a threatening doom. But does our word, if it be God's word, have better effect than that which Isaiah saw in his vision and experienced in his life?"
- "An Awesome Holiness," Pastor Edward F. Marquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- Reviews:
- With Children:
- "Flaming Creatures with Six Wings Each Flew Over Him," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Sanctified Lips," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah 6:1, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Isaiah 6:1-3, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Isaiah 6:3, 4, 5, 6, 8, . The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Isaiah
