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Isaiah 6:4

Isaiah 6:4
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,.... That is, the posts of the door of the temple, as the Targum adds, where this vision was seen, as represented to the prophet. Some…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the posts of the door - Margin, ‘Thresholds.’ There is some difficulty in the Hebrew here, but the meaning of the expression is sufficiently apparent. It means that there was a tremour, or…

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

the posts of the door moved the foundations of the thresholds shook (R.V.).

was filled( began to fill) with smoke The smoke symbolises the "dark side of Jehovah's self-manifestation" (Rev 15:8), the…