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Isaiah 6:1

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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 6:1-4

Jehovah appears to the prophet in human form, and as a King, seated on a throne, surrounded by ministering servants who sing His praise (cf. 1Ki 22:19 ff.). The scene is the Temple (Isa 6:6), where…