Isaiah 6:8

"He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”"

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 6:8, the divine touch on the prophet's mouth symbolizes a cleansing from spiritual pollution. This act signifies that despite his awareness of unworthiness, the prophet is commissioned to proclaim God’s message, with his sins forgiven and his mission validated.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The voice of the Lord -Hebrew: “The voice of Yahweh.” He had before been addressed by one of the seraphim. Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? -The change of number here, from the singular to the plural, is very remarkable. Jerome, on this place, says that it indicates the ‘sacrament’ of the Trinity. The Septuagint renders it, ‘whom shall I send, and who will go to this people?’ The Chaldee, ‘whom shall I send to prophesy, and who will go to teach?’ The Syriac, ‘whom shall I send, and who will go?’ The Arabic has followed the Septuagint. The use of the plural pronouns “we and us,” as applicable to God, occurs several times in the Old Testament.

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