Isaiah 6:6-7
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Isaiah 6
- John Gill - Exposition - Isaiah 6:6
- John Gill - Exposition - Isaiah 6:7
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Isaiah 6
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Isaiah 6:5-7
Isaiah 6:6-7. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
The live coal from off the altar does not represent the holy flame which burns in the prophet’s heart; but it represents purgation, cleansing, participation in the sacrifice, and the putting away of sin. With a blister on his lip, Isaiah stood silent before God.