The prophet placed at God's disposal, not some of his property merely, but himself. The text reminds usâ, I. Bold. But the existence of this pluralis majestaticus has never been proved. 4. There we behold Christ as “the brightness of his Father’s glory, and the express image of his person [Note: Hebrews 1:3. — The seraphs’ voices are hushed at the “voice” of Jehovah. Unlike one of the sons in the parable (Mat ), he meant what he said. The day is coming when the Christian religion will prevail everywhere, when the will of God will be done on earth as literally and really as angels do it in heaven. 8. Its defense is now abandoned by the most skillful grammarians. Isaiah 6:8-10 New International Version (NIV). men; otherwise the Lord knew whom to send, and whom he would Of the Christian's offer of service. chap. Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Hence the need of deep preparation through heart cleansing and profound spiritual vision. Jerome, on this place, says that it indicates the ‹sacrament‘ of the Trinity. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? II. Isaiah 8:15 Many will stumble over them. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? John 12:41; Acts 28:25). (C. Heaven opened. Whom ... who - implying that few would be willing to bear the self-denial which the delivering of such an unwelcome message to the Jews would require on the part of the messenger, (cf. The call is heard individually. Tidings concerning sin and salvation, mercy and deliverance, God's grace and man's misery, must be published. [Doubtless, if mercies vouchsafed are motives to obedience, we, who have received such transcendent mercies, ought to “present our whole selves as living sacrifices unto God; which, as it is a holy and an acceptable, is also a most reasonable, service [Note: Romans 12:1. Did he not understand the dangers into which he would plunge? If I only could do something that hurts, hurts me, I think I should feel better, to let my love out.” I know what she meant quite well--to let the love out. ), A man once rose in one of Mr. Moody’s meetings, and gave his experience. In this opening poem, the references to “keeping the sabbath” (vv. Gabriel might come with his six wings and his salutation to announce to Mary that the fulness of time had come and that the Word was to be made flesh, but it was John, the son of Zacharias, who was not that light, who was sent to preach repentance to the vipers of his day, and to urge them to flee from the wrath to come. This capacity has been impaired, more or less, in all human beings. THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHALLENGE, “Here am I send me.” Looking at this acceptance by itself, it seems an extraordinary sacrifice on the part of Isaiah. The seraphs cry Holy, holy, holy, to one another, but they do not know what they are saying. Philippians 1:20-21.] But, “Woe is me! And why may we not suppose that this vision which the prophet Isaiah was favoured with, was a representation given to the Church, through him, of the conference at redemption? It only hints at plurality within the Godhead, but the New Testament makes that plurality clear (cf. Send me!'" Septuagint and Arabic versions, instead of "for us", read "unto You must have a man of men to see, and to feel, and to say things like that. Isaiah 6:8. If God has given you influence with men, go to the drunkard and the fallen and seek to reclaim them from the depths of degradation in which they are sunk. 3. The mystery of the Trinity is well observed by some in the following words, as by others this, that ministers serve not men, but the only true God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. “Jehovah of hosts is the fulness of the whole earth.” Turn this ascription, for it may be so read, into a wish: “Let the whole earth be filled with His glory.” Read it, if you please, as a prophecy: “The whole earth shall be filled with His glory,” and then go you forward, O ye servants of the Most High, with this resolve, that in His hands you will be the means of fulfilling the prophecy by spreading abroad the knowledge of His name among the sons of men. Commissioned Contributed by Chris Swanson on Apr 10, 2020 | 940 views. xii., No. but to the Son and Spirit, 6:9-10 As YHWH reveals His purpose for Isaiah's ministry, He also reveals to Isaiah the response his message will have on Judah. Chapter 6. The prophet divinely called and most royally endowed may fail, because of the moral obduracy and perverseness of those to whom he is sent (Isa ). The voice of the Lord cries loudly in the midst of the Churches of today, inviting voluntary service for difficult work; missionary work abroad and missionary work at home. Commentary on Isaiah 6:1-8 View Bible Text This text is among the more famous in the Hebrew Bible, serving as a source for the centuries’ old shape of worship (Praise, Confession, Forgiveness/Pardon, and Response). 687, and vol. He says in his journal:--“Here am I, Lord, send me; send me to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough and savage pagans of the wilderness; send me from all that is called comfort in the earth; send me even to death itself, if it be but in Thy service and to promote Thy kingdom.” (Sunday School Chronicle. From amid the Presence a great inquiry reaches the prophet’s ear. One half-hour of Divine communion, one resolute determined entering of the Holy of Holies, that we may see the Lord seated upon His throne, and the holy angels veiling face and feet as they sing His praise, will do more for us in the wholesome work of self-abasement and self-abhorrence, because it will bring us into the light which alone makes manifest, and show us, in the very act of condemning, the beauty of the holiness which condemns. Whom shall I send, and who will go for us. No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Isaiah 6:8. The one who was watching by the bedside said, “It seems dreadful to be so helpless, to feel I can do so little to assuage the suffering of the dear one. Moses, we know, was called to go to Pharaoh, and to bring the Lord’s people out of Egypt. He reaches in one moment the supreme height of the faith which went forth, not knowing whither it went (Hebrews 11:8). You will see, also, that assistance in his work was promised him: for the putting of the live coal upon his mouth seems to have been designed to assure him of it [Note: Compare Jeremiah 1:9 and Acts 2:3.]. Then said I, Here [am] I send me. "I heard the voice of the Lord. Blessed is the man who has both visions. Here am I - prompt zeal, now that he has been specially qualified for it (Isaiah 6:7 : cf. The scene of the vision was, the temple, in which Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, was worshipped. xxiii., No. Isaiah 6 – Isaiah’s Conviction, Cleansing and Call A. 3. It is implied that no angel out of the whole host, no man out of the whole nation, offers to undertake it. (Calmet) --- Send me. 1. by a vision of God, of the thrice Holy One, filling the soul with awe, and causing it to tremble (Isa ). Who will go to the market places and declare the dishonesty of their traffic? Now,’ he said, ‘when the first paroxysm of your grief is passed, I would advise you to come with me, and we will never rest till the Corn Law is repealed.’ I accepted his invitation. Ewald repudiates it. THE WORK WHICH SUCH PERSONS WILL BE CALLED TO UNDERTAKE. In that chapter, Yahweh promises, "I will I.C.1.B. This is a chapter of autobiography. Yet even the sense of sin might paralyse being alone. Had any rule of the kind existed, we should, without doubt, have found it exemplified, when kings, princes, nobles, generals, priests, and prophets figure on the sacred pages. Third, God said "go" ( Isaiah 6:9), giving the prophet a mission to fulfill. Also I heard the voice of the Lord — We have here the third part of this vision, comprehending, 1st, A trial of the disposition of the prophet, now sanctified, with his reply to the Lord, in this verse; 2d, The command delivered to him concerning the execution of the divine judgment upon the Jews, of blindness, &c., Isaiah 6:9-10; Isaiah 3 d, A more full and explicit declaration of a most grievous temporal judgment, which should be joined with the spiritual one, Isaiah 6:11-13. The vision which Isaiah beheld in the temple. IV. Thus, Genesis 1:26: ‹And God said, Let us make man in our image;‘ Genesis 11:6-7: ‹And Jehovah said, Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language.‘ Such a use of the name of God in the plural is very common, but it is not clear that there is a reference to the doctrine of the Trinity. For the LORDspoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: “Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’ Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy, Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled. ), General Booth once wanted fourteen recruits for India. (Comp. Isaiah 63:3; Isaiah 63:5.) “Well, I don’t know,” was the astonished reply. ), The commission of a sinful but cleansed man, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Why does the Lord ask that question with such anxiety when He has all those shining seraphs standing at His side, and each one of them with six wings? He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense To both the houses of Israel, As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Isaiah's perspective on God in the initial four verse gives us a feeling of God's significance, power, and mystery. "Send me"âanywhere, on any errands, at any time, in any capacity. ].”], 3. The court of the great King. (H. P. Hughes, M. Then said I, Here am I send me. voice. Ver. Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?âThe union of the singular and plural in the same sentence is significant. Suddenly the thought flashed into his mind that he should offer himself to this cause. I heard the nice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? That which God has in view, that which God is perpetually taking counsel upon, is the welfare, the happiness, and, if either have been disturbed, then the restoration, the rectification, the redemption, the salvation, of the lives which He created, of the souls which He has made. By sanctifying all the faculties to His use. And here I must say, that no rules can be given which shall apply to all cases; nor perhaps any rules that shall be perfectly satisfactory to every mind. III. The offer of service which the prophet madewasâ. Then, he makes a full surrender of himself. Notice the particular kind of man for whom this voice is seeking. saying, Whom shall I send? to the people of Israel, to reprove them for their blindness and Here, if I mistake not, the subject takes a different turn. We come, then, to think of THE DIVINE CALL. us, is very remarkable; and both being meant of one and the same Lord, do sufficiently intimate a plurality of persons in the Godhead. He inquires, in other words, Who among the living will lend a hand to this work? Of the steps that lead up to this offer. Spurgeon. Here am I - This shows at once his confidence in God, and his zeal. This young preacher, then, having seen both sin and holiness as no seraph ever saw these terrible things, proceeds in his sermon in this way: “Wash you, make you clean; cease to do evil, learn to do well; judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Go away now and pray about it.” They went away and prayed about it, and at the end of the hour General Booth said, “Are any of you willing to undertake this work?” And fourteen stalwart men stepped forward and said, We are ready to sad tomorrow morning. How does He in an especial manner fit men for His highest service? Might send seraphim and the angel host. The change of the number. "Lay hands upon no man rashly," but with deliberation. is not the inquiry of a divine perplexity, but the stimulative question of one who calls for willing workers. It was as purely a spiritual response as prophet or apostle or missionary ever made. The very first condition of whole-hearted service is the conviction that the cause which we serve will ultimately prevail. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds and bruises and putrifying sores.” All God’s seraphs taken together could not preach like that. How may we ascertain that we are required to become messengers of the living God? Then said I, Here am I send me. He beheld the glorious attendants who perpetually perform homage, nearest to His throne. Some think that this is intended to reprove the ignorance of the priests and prophets; because, though they are very numerous, still not one of them was qualified to teach. Hence we see that the amazement of which we have formerly spoken did not spring from rebellion, in wishing to flee from God, or to refuse the charge which had been laid upon him; but because he needed new grace, that he might know that he would be able to endure the burden. Had he been in the frame of mind which the prophet manifested in my text, all these difficulties would have vanished; and he would have engaged in his work as Paul did, who was “not disobedient to the heavenly vision,” but “preached at once the faith, which, till that moment, he had laboured to destroy.” To any one, therefore, who desires an answer to the question that has been proposed, I say, Get your soul filled with love to Christ: and that will answer ten thousand difficulties, and constrain you to engage in any thing whereby the kingdom of the Redeemer may be advanced in the world. Proud member "They that be struck down by visions of God's glory shall soon be raised up again by visits of His grace." Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. References: Isaiah 6:8.—Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. There had been in his training everything to satisfy sense and to kindle ambition. The use of the plural pronouns “we and us,” as applicable to God, occurs several times in the Old Testament. Through the deep waters of conviction and spiritual cleansing he needed to go before he was ready to stand before a sinful world as the representative of God. And many among them shal… “The use of the plural number by kings and princes, is quite a modern invention.” The Bible does not furnish any example of it. He will send us if in true penitence we open the way for Him to touch our lips with heaven’s fire and burn away all our sin. this people"; and the Targum is. He saw his need of Jesus Christ. II. Christian thought has, however, scarcely erred in believing that the words were as a dim foreshadowing of the truth, afterwards to be revealed, of a plurality within the Unity. He had before seen the glory of Jehovah, and had been overwhelmed with terror. Ah! An assurance, at the same time, was given him of qualification for his work, and of acceptance in it: and by this he was brought to such a state, that, at the very first proposal from God to send a messenger to his people, he offered himself for the service, willing and desirous to undertake any thing whereby his God might be honoured, and his Saviour glorified. According to chapter 1:1 the Prophet Isaiah (Meaning, Jehovah is Salvation) was the son of the Amoz, who according to an old Jewish tradition was the brother of King Amaziah. Isaiah was sent to preach very unpleasant truth, but like a true hero he was very bold in preaching it. Biblical religion is a mission religion. Then I said, Behold me here; send me!” The plural “for us” ( laÌnu ) is not to be accounted for on the ground that, in a case of reflection or self-consultation, the subject also stands as the object in antithesis to itself (as Hitzig supposes); nor is it a pluralis majestatis , as Knobel maintains; nor is the original abstract signification of the plural hinted at, as Meier thinks. ), Of a man chosen by the church council of a Uganda mission, to act as father to the boys and see that they kept out of mischief, a missionary writes: “An ordination candidate, whose name is Jacob the elephant, an extremely nice, sensible man, was suggested, and I was much struck by his reply when asked if he would undertake the post. Many hear the sound of God's word, but do not feel the power of it. 2. First, after gaining a greater appreciation for God"s holiness and his own sinfulness, Isaiah said "woe," acknowledging his own uncleanness. (Listen free online - Isaiah 6:1.mp3 Isaiah 6:2.mp3 Isaiah 6:3-5.mp3 Isaiah 6:6-8.mp3 Isaiah 6:9-13.mp3) Octavius Winslow writes… What an august revelation of the glory of Christ's Godhead was this which broke upon the view of the lowly prophet! He did not say, “Here am I use me where I am,” but “send me.” Where to? Here is disclosed the secret of the wonderful energy with which for more than half a century Isaiah prosecuted his ministry. The Targum renders it, the voice of the Word of the Lord, as if Commentary, Isaiah 6:1-8, John C. Holbert, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009. There are exegetical commentaries, scholarly and technical commentaries, as well as commentaries that are easy to understand. ), Every church member should be a missionary, In looking over a certificate of membership which I had received from a church in New York, concerning one of its members who was a sailor, I was pleased to observe that at the back of the certificate there were directions given to the member; and the first one was this, “You are to remember that as a member of this church going upon a voyage, you are sent by us as missionary. It was necessary for him to see it in order that he might be brought into the condition of heart out of which should come the full consecration expressed in--“Here am I send me.” Observe what he saw. 4:13. Second, the seraphim said "lo" ("behold" in the NASB), pointing to God"s provision for cleansing. 2. But the uttering of these words in profound sincerity from the bottom of his heart made him one of the greatest of the prophets of God. Who â To deliver the following message. Seraphs, not sinners, should surely be the preachers of such holiness as that of the God of Israel, and the heralds of such a Saviour--that is what we would have expected. ]; the improbability of succeeding in his attempt [Note: Exodus 4:1. 2. This has always been God’s way in choosing and in ordaining and in sending both prophets, and psalmists, and priests, and preachers for His Church on earth. But in the New Testament we have promises without number, “exceeding great and precious promises;” so “great,” that they comprehend every possible state that can be imagined; and so “precious,” that they bring us into a participation of the divine nature [Note: 2 Peter 1:4. for I am undone!” The Lord likes to hear that. "Here in this matchless passage we find the reason why so few are willing to serve God. 6:9-13 God sends Isaiah to foretell the ruin of his people. The first query implies that whoever goes should first receive his commission from Jehovah; he should be sent, and not go before he is sent. Many preachers of this passage have pointed out that the order of events is very significant. Jesus used verses 9-10 about Israel in his day, and the verses appear several times in the NT (e.g., Mt 13:14-15; Mk 4:11; Lk 4:20; Jn 12:40; Acts 28:27). I think I see in that response a consciousness of his being in a certain position which no one else occupied, which rendered it incumbent upon him to say, “Here am I.”. II. R. Wood. Be jealous to be the one sent. The call provokes self-surrender. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? How he, under this overmastering feeling, ultimately surrendered the clerical life for which he was preparing, how he laboured till the slave trade was excised from the body politic, and how he was followed in a true “apostolic succession” by William Wilberforce, in the further attack upon domestic slavery, is recorded in the pages of history. And he preached on all these matters as no angel in all heaven could have preached, he preached as only a leper could preach to his brother lepers, and as only one undone man could preach to other undone men. "This text is among the more famous in the Hebrew Bible, serving as a source for the centuries' old shape of worship (Praise, Confession, Forgiveness/Pardon, and Response)." Touched with the heavenly fire he now faces with bold joy the divine Presence, and announces himself ready for any message. For God talks with himself, and in the plural number; and unquestionably he now holds a consultation with his eternal Wisdom and his eternal Power, that is, with the Son and the Holy Spirit. 1351; A. Maclaren, Old Testament Outlines, p. 169. Send me." There is an altar of Divine sacrifice kindled from heaven—it stands not within, but in front of the Divine dwelling—and each coal of it is for the purging of the conscience. "Here am I.". If we read this passage rightly we shall not always throw the emphasis upon the last word, “me,” but read it also thus, “Here am I, send me.” He is willing to go, but he does not want to go without being sent. It is an inquiry which Jehovah is ever making; namely, for preachers and missionaries to a dying world. He cannot send a thing, nor a machine, nor a sound,—no, nor even a book. I. Who will beard the army and charge the soldiers with cowardice and treason? fit to go on such an errand: this is spoken after the manner of 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? said I. II. Isaiah 6:8. Isaiah gave himself up to the Lord none the less completely because his errand was so full of sadness. 1. Then comes Isaiah’s prayer for authority and anointing. H.Spurgeon. ), “Here am I send me.” These few simple words express the crisis, the turning point in the life of Isaiah. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? Only when a man has been convicted of sin and has understood that the Redeemer has borne the guilt of his sin is he willing and ready joyfully to serve God, to go wherever God may call him. 7:3; 38:1; 39:3). Then I said, "Here am I! [I readily grant, that that is a point very difficult to be determined. If God has given you warm sympathies with the young, go into the ranks of the Sunday school, draw young hearts around you, and win them to Christ. So again at the destruction of Babel, Genesis 11:5-7. Then in the consciousness of this new life and enduement he heard—. I. He confessed his unworthiness to stand before God. The second implies that he should freely will to go; he should heartily accord with his commission. He can speak in tones which would make the proudest quail; He can unfold a majesty before which the whole nation should be subdued. Imperfect realisation of forgiveness is one of the most frequent causes of weakness in Christian service. God sends His messenger to fetch from that altar—which is, being interpreted, the Cross of Jesus—a live coal to touch the unclean lips, and take away the iniquity which would else preclude the service. He was nurtured in the soft and sumptuous luxuriance of palaces. Question: "What is the meaning of ‘here am I; send me’ in Isaiah 6:8?" See the Structure (p. 980). In the year that King Uzziah died it seemed as if the last hope of the people of God had expired with him. Did he not know how hard it would be to reach men’s hearts around him with the solemn message? Oct 28, 2018 - Explore Judy Campbell's board "Isaiah 6" on Pinterest. And who will go for us? To hard and wilful sinners the preaching of the ‘good tidings’ is only a preaching of judgment. The Septuagint renders it, ‹whom shall I send, and who will go to this people?‘ The Chaldee, ‹whom shall I send to prophesy, and who will go to teach?‘ The Syriac, ‹whom shall I send, and who will go?‘ The Arabic has followed the Septuagint. When God says, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us,” He pledges Himself to endue with authority, and to endow with all needful gifts, the man who answers the call. ", 2. Isa . — To deliver the following message. And, in this view, it may justly be applied to any call which may be given to undertake the ministry of the Gospel, either in our own country or in foreign parts [Note: Here somewhat of a parallel may be drawn between that particular occasion and any other which presents itself for more especial consideration. Comment We are ready for mission. God"s grace to him in not consuming him, but rather cleansing him, motivated Isaiah to volunteer to be God"s servant. (C. H. How instructive is each particular of His beatific vision! The “call” may have been felt only as an overwhelming and disinterested desire to accomplish some noble end, but it has been as truly there as if seraphim had announced it. More abundant communications of the Spirit—, [Whatever measures of grace were imparted to some highly-favoured individuals under the Law, as to David, Isaiah, Daniel, and others, the effusions of the Holy Spirit were very small and partial in comparison of those which are given to the Christian Church: so that none of us need to draw Sack from the greatest work; since the weakest of true Believers may say, “I can do all things through Christ, who strengthened me [Note: Philip. Thus Isaias was an evangelical and apostolical prophet. ].”, As to excuses for withholding or delaying a general surrender of ourselves to God, they are lighter than vanity itself. ]; his own utter unfitness for the work assigned him [Note: Exodus 4:10. "Lay hands upon no man rashly," but with deliberation. Isaiah was married and had two sons by the names of Shear-jashub (Hebr. 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