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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Isaiah 6 This chapter contains a vision of the glory and majesty of Christ, the mission and commission of the prophet, and the destruction of the Jews. In the vision may be observed the time of it, and the object seen; who is described by the throne on which he sat, Isaiah 6:1 and by his ministers about him; and these, by their name, by their situation, by their wings and the use...
John Gill
Also I heard the voice of the Lord,.... The Targum renders it, the voice of the Word of the Lord, as if it was the second Person, the Word, that was heard speaking; but it seems rather to be the voice of the first Person, the Father: saying, Whom shall I send? to the people of Israel, to reprove them for their blindness and stupidity, and to threaten them, and foretell unto them their ruin and...
Matthew Henry
Hitherto, it should seem, Isaiah had prophesied as a candidate, having only a virtual and tacit commission; but here we have him (if I may so speak) solemnly ordained and set apart to the prophetic office by a more express or explicit commission, as his work grew more upon his hands: or perhaps, having seen little success of his ministry, he began to think of giving it up; and therefore God saw...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Also I heard the voice of the LORD, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Here we have the Divine Trinity in Unity. “Whom shall I send?” There is Unity. “Who will go for us?” There is the Trinity. God is seeking a messenger to deliver his message to men. Isa_6:8. Then said I, — Stammering it out with the blistered lip, — Isa_6:8. Here am I; send me. Isaiah did not know the errand;...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Observe the unity and the plurality, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Upon what theory, but that of the doctrine of the Trinity can we explain so singular a change from the singular to the plural “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I....