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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
year	בִּשְׁנַת bish.nat-	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
king	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Uzziah	עֻזִּיָּ֔הוּ 'u.zi.Ya.hu	H5818	Uzzijah · proper noun, a man's name
died	מוֹת֙ mOt	H4194	death (natural or violent) · noun, common masculine singular construct
saw	וָאֶרְאֶ֧ה va.'er.'Eh	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
also	אֶת 'et-	H853	properly · direct object marker
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֛י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
sitting	יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
throne	כִּסֵּ֖א ki.Se'	H3678	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
high	רָ֣ם ram	H7311	to be high actively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
up	וְנִשָּׂ֑א ve.ni.Sa'	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
train	וְשׁוּלָ֖יו ve.shu.Lav	H7757	a skirt · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
filled	מָלֵא mâlêʼ	H4392	full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally)
temple	הַהֵיכָֽל ha.hei.Khal	H1964	a large public building · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

John 12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
Revelation 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven…
Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like th…
Psalms 113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
Revelation 7:15-17 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among…
Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the plac…
John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:1-4

The vision which Isaiah saw when he was, as is said of Samuel, established to be a prophet of the Lord (Sa1 3:20), was intended, 1. To confirm his faith, that he might himself be abundantly satisfied of the truth of those things which should afterwards be made known to him. This God opened the communications of himself to him; but such visions needed not to be afterwards repeated upon every revelation. Thus God appeared at first as a God of glory to Abraham (Act 7:2), and to Moses, Exo 3:2. Ezekiel's prophecies and St. John's, begin with visions of the divine glory. 2. To work upon his affections, that he might be possessed with such a reverence of God as would both quicken him and fix him t…

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John Gill on Isaiah 6:1

In the year that King Uzziah died,.... Which was the fifty second year of his reign, and in the year 3246 from the creation of the world; and, according to Jerom (l), was the year in which Romulus, the founder of the Roman empire, was born: some understand this not of his proper death, but of his being stricken with leprosy, upon his attempt to burn incense in the temple; upon which he was shut up in a separate house, which was a kind of a civil death: so the Targum, "in the year in which King Uzziah was smitten;'' that is, with leprosy; and so Jarchi and others interpret it, from the ancient writers; but the first sense is the best. Some, as Aben Ezra, would have this to be the beginning…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 6:1

In the year that king Uzziah died. This is usually the beginning of the sixth chapter; but some think that it is the beginning of the book itself, and that in collecting the prophecies of Isaiah an error was committed. The reason which they assign is, that the Prophet here declines the office of a teacher, which he would not have refused if he had hitherto discharged it; that he appears to be a mere novice as yet unacquainted with his calling; and besides, that he declares that he has now seen the Lord, and that he has not seen him, before. But such arguments I consider, as I have already noticed, to be too feeble and unsatisfactory; and I reply that it ought not to be thought strange that h…

The Church Fathers

Why does God appear to be sitting on a throne with seraphim, when God does not sit? He is accommodating himself to the ways of human beings.
— John Chrysostom, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 6:1.78-81

The prophet had seen Christ and the glory of Christ in the vision in which he said, "I saw the Lord of hosts sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up," and what follows.
— Eusebius of Caesarea, PROOF OF THE GOSPEL 9:16

We have talked about standing; we have talked about walking; let us talk about sitting. Whenever God is represented as seated, the portrayal takes one of two forms: either he appears as the ruler or as the judge. If he is like a king, one sees him as Isaiah does: "I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne." There he is presented as the sovereign king.
— Jerome, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 14 (PSALM 81)

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Dictionary and topics

Angels — By the word “angels” (i.e. “messengers” of God) we ordinarily understand a race of spiritual beings of a nature exalted far above that of man, although infinitely removed from that of God—whose…
Isaiah — (Heb. Yesh’yahu, i.e., “the salvation of Jehovah”). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called “the prophetess” (8:3), either because she was…
Throne — (Heb. kiss’e), a royal chair or seat of dignity (Deut. 17:18; 2 Sam. 7:13; Ps. 45:6); an elevated seat with a canopy and hangings, which cover it. It denotes the seat of the high priest in 1 Sam.…
Christ Is God · As Jehovah of Hosts — As Jehovah of Hosts
Cloud · PILLAR OF — PILLAR OF
Excellency And Glory Of Christ, The · As King — As King
God · .To — .To
Isaiah · kings of — kings of
Throne · .Of God — .Of God
Visions · Often accompanied: A representative of the divine person and glory — Often accompanied: A representative of the divine person and glory

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 6:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:1-4

John Gill on Isaiah 6:1

John Calvin on Isaiah 6:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 6:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:1-4

John Gill on Isaiah 6:1

John Calvin on Isaiah 6:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 6:1

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 6:1-13

Rashi on Isaiah 6:1