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{{Short description|Book of Isaiah, chapter 6}}
{{Bible chapter|letname= Isaiah 6 |previouslink= Isaiah 5 |previousletter= chapter 5 |nextlink= Isaiah 7 |nextletter= chapter 7 |book=[[Book of Isaiah]] |biblepart=[[Old Testament]] | booknum= 23 |hbiblepart= [[Nevi'im]] | hbooknum = 5 |category= [[Nevi'im|Latter Prophets]] | filename= Great Isaiah Scroll.jpg |size=242px | name=Great Isaiah Scroll |caption=<div style="width: 242px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">The [[Great Isaiah Scroll]], the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at [[Qumran]] dated c. {{BCE|100–340}}, contains all the verses in this chapter.</div>}}

'''Isaiah 6''' is the sixth [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|chapter]] of the [[Book of Isaiah]] in the [[Hebrew Bible]] or the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]]. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet [[Isaiah]], and is one of the [[Nevi'im|Books of the Prophets]].<ref name="Hiebert">Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. ''The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI''. Nashville: Abingdon.{{ISBN?}}{{page?|date=July 2022}}</ref> It records the calling of Isaiah to be the messenger of God to the people of [[Ancient Israel|Israel]].{{sfn|Kidner|1994|p=637}}

== Text ==
The original text was written in [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew language]]. [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into]] 13 verses.

===Textual witnesses===
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]] are of the [[Masoretic Text]] tradition, which includes the [[Codex Cairensis]] (895), [[Codex Babylonicus Petropolitanus|the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets]] (916), [[Aleppo Codex]] (10th century), [[Leningrad Codex|Codex Leningradensis]] (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35–37}}

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] (3rd century BCE or later):
* [[Isaiah scroll|1QIsa<sup>a</sup>]]: complete<ref>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.</ref>
* 4QIsa<sup>a</sup> (4Q55): extant: verses 4–7
* 4QIsa<sup>f</sup> (4Q60): extant: verses 3–8, 10–13

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'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>B</sup>; 4th century), [[Codex Sinaiticus]] ('''S'''; [[Biblia Hebraica (Kittel)|BHK]]: <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>S</sup>; 4th century), [[Codex Alexandrinus]] ('''A'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>A</sup>; 5th century) and [[Codex Marchalianus]] ('''Q'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>Q</sup>; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73–74}}

===Old Testament references===
* {{bibleverse|Isaiah|6:9–10|KJV}}: {{bibleverse|Isaiah|43:8|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|Isaiah|44:18–20|KJV}}

===New Testament references===
* {{bibleverse|Isaiah|6:9–10|KJV}}: {{bibleverse|Matthew|13:14–15|9}}; {{bibleverse|Mark|4:12|9}}; {{bibleverse|Luke|8:10|9}}; {{bibleverse|John|12:40|9}}; {{bibleverse|Acts|28:26–27|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|Romans|11:8|KJV}}.<ref>{{cite book|last=Alexander| first= Loveday |chapter = 62. Acts | title=The Oxford Bible Commentary | editor-first1=John| editor-last1=Barton | editor-first2=John| editor-last2= Muddiman | publisher = Oxford University Press |edition= first (paperback) | date = 2007 |page=1061| isbn = 978-0199277186 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ| access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Parashot==
The ''[[parashah]]'' sections listed here are based on the [[Aleppo Codex]].<ref>As reflected in the [http://mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English].</ref> Isaiah 6 is a part of the ''Prophecies about Judah and Israel ([[Isaiah 1]][[Isaiah 12|–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 [[Yitro (parsha)|Parasha Ytro]], which includes the Ten Commandments, is read from the Torah.

=={{Anchor|Verses 1–7}}Isaiah's vision of the Lord (6:1–7)==

===Verse 1===
: ''In the year that [[Uzziah|King Uzziah]] died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.''<ref>{{bibleref2|Isaiah|6:1|NKJV}} [[New King James Version|NKJV]]</ref>
*Cross reference: {{bibleref2|2 Chronicles|26:16–21|KJV}}
The date of the death of Uzziah has been estimated as around 740 BCE.<ref>Edwin R. Thiele, ''[[The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings]]'' (3rd ed.; Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983) 217</ref><ref>[http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/isaiah/6.htm Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 6], accessed 11 March 2018</ref> Archaeologist [[William F. Albright]] dated Uzziah's reign to 783 &ndash; 742 BCE.<ref>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.</ref>

===Verse 2===
[[File:Octavian Smigelschi - Serafim (Cat. Blaj), 1903.png|thumb|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.''<ref>{{bibleref2|Isaiah|6:2|ESV}} [[English Standard Version|ESV]]</ref>
*"[[Seraph]]im": described here as the 'messengers in the divine council', but has no real biblical parallel.{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=443}} The root word ''ś-r-p'', for [[Seraph]], gives a portrayal of the 'burning ones'.{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=443}}

===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!"''<ref>{{bibleref2|Isaiah|6:3|ESV}} [[English Standard Version|ESV]]</ref>
This verse is repeated several times in daily [[Jewish services]], including the [[Kedushah (prayer)|Kedushah]] prayer during the repetition of the [[Amidah]], and is part of the [[Sanctus]] in Christian [[Eucharistic Prayer]].{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=443}}

=={{Anchor|Verses 8–13}}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.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|6:8|KJV}} KJV</ref>
*"Us": the plural form refers to 'the entire [[divine council#Hebrew/Israelite|divine assembly]]'.{{sfn|Coogan|2007|p=987 Hebrew Bible}}
*"Here am I; send me": This declaration is remarkable because it is in contrast to the despair Isaiah expresses in {{bibleverse|Isaiah|6:5|KJV|verse 5}} and for the observation that his human voice is heard in the heavenly court (cf. {{bibleverse|1 Kings|22:19–23|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|Revelation|5:1–14|KJV}}).{{sfn|Kidner|1994|p=638}} The [[Jerusalem Bible]] notes [[Abraham]] and Isaiah as examples of biblical characters who readily respond, and contrasts them with [[Moses]] and [[Jeremiah]], whose response is hesitant.<ref>Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote k at Isaiah 6:9</ref>

===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."''<ref>{{bibleref2|Isaiah|6:13|NKJV}} NKJV</ref>
Cross reference: [[Isaiah 4:2]]; [[Isaiah 11:1]]; [[Isaiah 53:2]]; [[Jeremiah 23:5]]

==See also==
*[[Jerusalem of Gold]]
*[[Seraphim]]
*[[Temple in Jerusalem]]
*[[Throne of God]]
*[[Uzziah]], [[Kingdom of Judah|king of Judah]]
*Related [[Bible]] parts: [[2 Chronicles 26]]; [[Matthew 13]]; [[Mark 4]]; [[Luke 8]]; [[John 12]]; [[Acts 28]]; [[Romans 11]]

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book|last= Coggins | first= R | chapter = 22. Isaiah | title=The Oxford Bible Commentary | editor-first1=John| editor-last1=Barton |editor1-link = John Barton (theologian) | editor-first2=John| editor-last2= Muddiman |editor2-link = John Muddiman | publisher = Oxford University Press |edition= first (paperback) | date = 2007 | pages = 433–486 | isbn = 978-0199277186 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ| access-date=February 6, 2019}}
*{{cite book|last= Coogan|first = Michael David| author-link= Michael D. Coogan |title = The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48 |editor-last1=Coogan |editor-first1=Michael David |editor-first2=Marc Zvi |editor-last2= Brettler |editor-first3=Carol Ann |editor-last3= Newsom |editor-first4= Pheme |editor-last4= Perkins |edition= Augmented 3rd |publisher = Oxford University Press |year =2007 |isbn = 9780195288810 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HmpMPgAACAAJ}}
*{{cite book|last=Kidner| first= Derek| author-link= Derek Kidner| chapter= Isaiah| editor-last=Carson |editor-first=D. A. |title=New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition|editor-link= D. A. Carson| editor-last2= France |editor-first2= R. T. | editor2-link= R. T. France |editor-first3=J. A. |editor-last3= Motyer | editor3-link = J. Alec Motyer| editor-first4= G. J. |editor-last4= Wenham | editor4-link = Gordon Wenham| edition=4th, illustrated, reprint, revised| publisher= Inter-Varsity Press | date= 1994| isbn = 9780851106489 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uveHQgAACAAJ |pages= 629–670}}
*{{cite book | last = Würthwein | first = Ernst | author-link = Ernst Würthwein | title = The Text of the Old Testament | publisher = Wm. B. Eerdmans |location = Grand Rapids, MI | year=  1995 | translator-first1 = Erroll F.| translator-last1 = Rhodes |isbn = 0-8028-0788-7 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC | access-date= January 26, 2019}}

==External links==
===Jewish===
*[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1006.htm Isaiah 6: Hebrew with Parallel English]

===Christian===
*[http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=27&c=6 Isaiah 6 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815132517/http://latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=27&c=6 |date=2020-08-15 }}
*[https://whenyouneedgod.com/what-is-the-real-meaning-of-isaiah-68-deep-dive-bible-study-commentary/ What is the Real meaning of Isaiah 6:8?]
*[https://whenyouneedgod.com/the-real-meaning-of-isaiah-613-beauty-for-ashes-commentary-deep-dive/ The Real Meaning of Isaiah 61:3 Beauty for Ashes]

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