Isaiah 6

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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran dated c. 100–340 BCE, contains all the verses in this chapter.
Book Book of Isaiah
Hebrew Bible part Nevi'im
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Category Latter Prophets
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Isaiah 6 is the sixth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. [1] It records the calling of Isaiah to be the messenger of God to the people of Israel. [2]

Contents

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). [3]

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BCE or later):

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). [5]

Old Testament references

New Testament references

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. [7] Isaiah 6 is a part of the Prophecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 1 –12). {P}: open parashah.

{P} 6:1–13 {P}

In Jewish worship, the entire Isaiah 6 is part of the prophetic reading (Haftarah) on the Sabbath when Parasha Ytro, which includes the Ten Commandments, is read from the Torah.

Isaiah's vision of the Lord (6:1–7)

Verse 1

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. [8]

The date of the death of Uzziah has been estimated as around 740 BCE. [9] [10] Archaeologist William F. Albright dated Uzziah's reign to 783 742 BCE. [11]

Verse 2

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Depiction of a Seraph
Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. [12]

Verse 3

And one called to another and said:
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!" [14]

This verse is repeated several times in daily Jewish services, including the Kedushah prayer during the repetition of the Amidah, and is part of the Sanctus in Christian Eucharistic Prayer. [13]

Isaiah's commission from the Lord (6:8–13)

Verse 8

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. [15]

Verse 13

"But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So the holy seed shall be its stump." [19]

Cross reference: Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 53:2; Jeremiah 23:5

See also

Notes and references

  1. Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.[ ISBN missing ][ page needed ]
  2. Kidner 1994, p. 637.
  3. Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
  4. Isaiah Chapter 6 begins in the fifth column of the scroll (counting from the right), nine lines from the bottom, and continues into column six.
  5. Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
  6. Alexander, Loveday (2007). "62. Acts". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). The Oxford Bible Commentary (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1061. ISBN   978-0199277186 . Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  7. As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
  8. Isaiah 6:1 NKJV
  9. Edwin R. Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings (3rd ed.; Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983) 217
  10. Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 6, accessed 11 March 2018
  11. Albright, William F. (1945). "The Chronology of the Divided Monarchy of Israel." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. No. 100 (Dec., 1945), pp. 16–22.
  12. Isaiah 6:2 ESV
  13. 1 2 3 Coggins 2007, p. 443.
  14. Isaiah 6:3 ESV
  15. Isaiah 6:8 KJV
  16. Coogan 2007, p. 987 Hebrew Bible.
  17. Kidner 1994, p. 638.
  18. Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote k at Isaiah 6:9
  19. Isaiah 6:13 NKJV

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