Isaiah 6:1

"Isaiah."

Key Reflection

In the year of King Uzziah's death, Isaiah experienced a profound divine vision where he saw God enthroned in splendor, emphasizing the deity’s transcendent majesty and the awe-inspiring nature of His presence. This context would have deeply impacted Isaiah’s understanding of his own unworthiness in comparison to the glory of God, highlighting themes of humility and divine transcendence that resonate throughout his prophetic writings.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

In the year -This naturally denotes a period after the death of Uzziah, though in the same year. The mention of the time was evidently made when the prophecy was composed, and it is to be presumed that the death of Uzziah had occurred at the time when the prophet saw this vision. If so, it is clear that this was not the first of his prophecies, for he saw his visions ‘in the days of Uzziah;’Isaiah 1:1. The Chaldee, however, reads this: ‘in the year when Uzziah was smitten with the leprosy;’ and most of the Jewish commentators so understand it;2 Chronicles 26:19-20.

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