Isaiah 6

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.

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

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.

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:

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.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

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Isaiah 6:1

“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 the year that King Uzziah died, Isaiah saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, with the train of His robe filling the temple—the prophet's call vision is grounded in a specific historical moment (Uzziah's death) and begins with a theophany of the exalted Lord. The death of the earthly king provides context for encounter with the heavenly King; earthly kingship is exposed as temporary and subordinate to God's eternal reign. The vision of God upon a throne, high and lifted up, establishes His sovereignty and majesty; all earthly thrones and powers are subordinate. The image of the robe's train filling the temple suggests God's presence overwhelming the sanctuary; the entire sacred space is filled with divine glory. This verse introduces the call narrative that will continue through verse 13; it establishes the pattern: encounter with God's holiness produces conviction of sin and commission to prophetic service. The specificity of the historical moment grounds the vision in concrete reality rather than timeless abstraction.

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