), God’s call: the anti-slavery and other crusades, Those who do the best work in the world’s redemption, and yet may never preach a sermon, have had a “call” to accomplish it. They were, in truth, only so many excuses, urged to cover his own backwardness to undertake the work. Thus at creation, Genesis 1:26. A. I might detail you for the work, but I will not detail any one of you. 8.Voice of the Lord — The seraphs’ voices are hushed at the “voice” of Jehovah. It is a man who must be sent, a man under impulse, a man under authority--“Whom shall I send?” But it is a man who is quite willing to go, a volunteer, one who in his inmost heart rejoices to obey--“Who will go for Us? The prophet placed at God's disposal, not some of his property merely, but himself. Here am I - This shows at once his confidence in God, and his zeal. (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! God asking for service, the prophet offering himself, and God accepting his services. 1. and spake of him, ( John 12:41 ) and they Who will go for us? Now, the ordinary rule of grammar might have been followed invariably, as well as in these few instances, or the departures from it might have been but few in number. (C. H. The love that we bear the dear Redeemer compels us to see the Divine in mankind. Spurgeon. Many do fail through incompetency, but not all. — The seraphs’ voices are hushed at the “voice” of Jehovah. In that chapter, Yahweh promises, "I will He knew the people to whom the message would be sent; he conjectured what the character of that message would be; and what kind of service awaited the man who should deliver it; that it would be hard, unthankful, and dangerous; and yet this youth, born to be a fine gentleman, accepted a task which might well have made the strongest and most experienced natures shrink, “Here am I send me!” Let us seek the explanation of this simplicity, devotion, and courage in that which went before the acceptance of the challenge. "Here in this matchless passage we find the reason why so few are willing to serve God. 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. The call provokes self-surrender. THE DIVINE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROPHET’S OFFER. The first query implies that whoever goes should first receive his commission from Jehovah; he should be. The necessity of preserving and exhibiting this unity, gives to these early intimations an unspeakable importance; though some, through an excess of candor, would abandon them to the enemy. It ought not, therefore, to be expected that the Lord should regard anything in choosing a servant for duty but that servant’s qualifications for the duty. The very first condition of whole-hearted service is the conviction that the cause which we serve will ultimately prevail. It has a creative power that calls several new forces into action. Touched with the heavenly fire he now faces with bold joy the divine Presence, and announces himself ready for any message. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Also I heard the voice of the Lord Nor must we forget our tender Redeemer. I will tell you what I will do: if any of you want to volunteer for it, you will have the privilege to do so after one hour. This capacity has been impaired, more or less, in all human beings. Isaiah 8:15 Many will stumble over them. The difficulty lies in reference to those particular acts which are required only of few. It has long puzzled interpreters that the apparent call of Isaiah is not recounted until chapter 6. When a man is prepared for sacred work he is not long before he receives a commission. He cannot send a thing, nor a machine, nor a sound,—no, nor even a book. Septuagint and Arabic versions, instead of "for us", read "unto True service will never be left without reward. When we tell others the story of the Cross we speak for God the Father. ];” and his desire that it should be transferred to some one else [Note: Exodus 4:13. He confessed his unworthiness to stand before God. Then said I, Here am I; send me. of After a time he looked up and said, ‘There are thousands of homes in England at this moment where wives, mothers, and children are dying of hunger. (S. Cox, D. D.), Though at times he had to rebuke princes and to pronounce the doom of nations, yet it was his whole life that he dedicated to God, with all its petty details of daily conduct. That man is inhuman who without profound grief can behold the perversity of sinners, and the calamities with which in consequence they are visited. Isaiah in the former part, relates what he had seen and heard in a special relation to himself, and the Church, to whom he ministered: but here he relates what he was witness to, in relation to a higher mission than that of any among the sons of men. There is a sweet and holy sympathy born of that urgent desire to let the love out which was born in the fellowship of the cleansing. Or, it may include with Jehovah himself his attendant court of seraphim. Why is God asking for service instead of discharging the work Himself? The perpetual song, for these sacred beings continually cried, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.” While you praise His holiness do not forget His power, but adore Him as “Jehovah of hosts.” And then dwell, that you may feel a missionary spirit, on that last part of the song, “The whole earth is filled with His glory,” for so it really is in one sense. and who will go to teach?'. What could have led the prophet to offer himself for a Divine mission? The text reminds us—, I. That God always accepts offers of service for which there has been this preparation, and that bear these marks. Respecting the vision itself, I forbear to speak. Overwhelmed with the awfulness of the traffic he had been denouncing, he alighted from his horse, and sitting by the roadside prayed that God would raise up some devoted champion of the oppressed African. “The use of the plural number by kings and princes, is quite a modern invention.” The Bible does not furnish any example of it. Scripture: Isaiah 6:8, Matthew 28:1-7, Exodus 17:10-15. saying, Whom shall I send? The seraphs are innocent children. No more visible, in its earlier outflowings, is this doctrine of the Trinity; yet by and by it is the element on which Christianity doats, and in which it lives and moves. He did not say, “Here am I use me where I am,” but “send me.” Where to? In any case Isaiah had a fairly free entry to the King's court in Jerusalem (Is. Say, then, whether we be not bound to imitate the prophet, in his surrender of himself to God? Chs. The youthful Isaiah had seen the regal splendour and then the judgment. THE RESPONSE OF THE PROPHET. Fur… The offer may take men by surprise, but there has always been preparation for it, as there has been long preparation for the lightning that leaps suddenly from the sky. It was made concerning an unknown mission. He was nurtured in the soft and sumptuous luxuriance of palaces. ), Some professors appear to belong to God by copyhold. 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. Never since the Queen of Sheba had witnessed Solomon’s glory had the national pride stood so high, or the nation’s dream of sovereignty touched such remote borders. I. Isaiah 6:8-10 New International Version (NIV). 1 In the year of the death of King Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and His lower extremity filled the Temple. THE PERSON WANTED, as described in the questions, “Whom shall I send? Yet even the sense of sin might paralyse being alone. A sense of pardon is essential to large usefulness. A more genuine consecration in the average Christian, a clearer vision of God and of human sinfulness in the light of His holiness, would result in many a call which is now never heard, because we are not fitted to say, ‘Here am I send me.’ He wants to send us. In the Bible, when God appears, when God speaks, when God call’s, He sends people. but to the Son and Spirit, who it is certain were concerned in this mission; for the following words were said when Isaiah saw the glory of Christ, and spake of him, John 12:41 and they are expressly attributed to the Holy Ghost in Acts 28:25 the Septuagint and Arabic versions, instead of "for us", read "unto this people"; and the Targum is, "whom shall I send to prophesy? We’re gathered, we’re healed, we’re sent. I knew that the description he had given me of the homes of thousands was not an exaggerated description. In 1 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 19:16, the plural form is applied to a “household god,” or an image; and the plural form is applied to God in Job 30:25, ‹my Makers‘ (Hebrew); Ecclesiastes 12:1, ‹thy Creators‘ (Heb,); Psalm 121:5, ‹Yahweh is thy keepers‘ (Hebrew); see also Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 22:2; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 62:5. It was part of his work to live with the prophetess he took to wife according to a Divine law; to name and train his children so that little Immanuel and little Maher-shalal-hash-baz should be “for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts.” And, in like manner, God sends us to our own people, to our kinsfolk and acquaintance. Then said I, Here [am] I send me. ), 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. He had his whole company about him, and he said: “This is very dangerous work, and it requires great self-sacrifice. 2. Our first call is to such consecration. I. ), In the fellowship of the cleansing, the fellowship of the Cross, the missionary is born. and who will go for us? We wish to know why, originally, such forms were applied to the “true” God; and it is no answer to tell us they are also applied to idols. Show content in: English Both Hebrew. These experiences are at once your credentials and your powers. He never rejects true volunteers. The people of Israel and Judah had been punished by every species of chastisement; invasion, captivity, pestilence, famine, and sword, nothing that a people loves or a man cherishes had been left untouched; from the sole of the nation’s foot to the crown of her head, the lash of retribution had been laid on so heavily that nothing was to be seen but “wounds and bruises and putrifying sores.” Yet they continued to revolt more and more. Cite all these passages from Exodus; because they are, in fact, the very excuses which a false humility invariably suggests.]. And it indicates, perhaps, that there were “few” in the nation who would be willing to do it, and that it was attended with self-denial and danger. Commentary (Bible study) Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 EXEGESIS: ISAIAH 55-66: THE CONTEXT This chapter follows the exuberant chapter 55, which invites everyone who thirsts to come to the waters and those who have no money to come, buy and eat (55:1). The General of an army wisely relaxes the routine discipline of duty when in the fortunes of the campaign the troops have to face the desperate service of some forlorn hope. Send me!” 9 He said, “Go and tell this people: Heaven opened. That there are clearer intimations of the doctrines of the Trinity, than that contained in this and similar texts, is indubitable; but we must not set aside the early and somewhat obscure intimations of a doctrine, simply because it comes afterward to be exhibited with more fulness. But what were all these objections? ],” that is, of Christ. (S. Cox, D. D.), If there were no humanity to save, none but our own, yours and mine, the fellowship of the cleansing would still be ours, but we would be seeking for something to do to express to the Christ our sense of what that fellowship had brought. Isaiah gave himself up to the Lord none the less completely because his errand was so full of sadness. "I heard the voice of the Lord. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. For if the joy, with which he offered himself here as the messenger of God, was the direct consequence of the forgiveness of sins, of which he had received the seal; the consciousness of his own personal sinfulness, and his membership in a sinful nation, would certainly have prevented him thereto from coming forward to denounce judgment upon that nation. (R. J. Campbell, M. Third Isaiah witnesses to the struggles and hoped-for blessings of the postexilic community now back in the homeland of Israel. I. In this opening poem, the references to “keeping the sabbath” (vv. It is one of the premier salvation passages in the Old Testament. Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? 1. go, v. 9, BDB 229, KB 246, Qal imperative 2. tell, v. 9, BDB 55, KB 65, Qal perfect Answer: Isaiah 6 describes how the prophet Isaiah, through a vision from the Lord, begins his ministry for God. Here, if I mistake not, the subject takes a different turn. No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Isaiah 6:8. Isaiah 6:8, ESV: "And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and … Several questions arise as we read these words. then said I, here am I, send me: for he who before thought himself undone, and unworthy to be employed in the service of God, now having a discovery and application of pardoning grace, freely offers himself to God: this shows the true nature and effect of an application of pardon; it gives a man freedom and boldness in the presence of God, and stimulates to a ready and cheerful obedience to his will, and engages him with the utmost alacrity in his service; so far is the doctrine of free and full pardon by the blood of Christ from being a licentious doctrine. "—Matthew Braithwaite. Second, the seraphim said "lo" ("behold" in the NASB), pointing to God"s provision for cleansing. 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. — — —. The expression translated ‹the most Holy One,‘ or ‹the Holy,‘ is in the plural in Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 30:3. creatures is the Lord's counsellor? It is, in all countries, used in reference to kings and princes; and as God often represents himself as a “king” in the Scriptures, and speaks in the language that was usually applied to kings in oriental countries, no argument can be drawn from expressions like these in defense of the doctrine of the Trinity. When Isaiah had been thus absolved, the true object of the heavenly scene was made apparent. It was God’s intention to send the Prophet Isaiah on a painful errand; such as, if he consulted his own feelings only, he would be very averse to execute. Many hear the sound of God's word, but do not feel the power of it. We come, then, to think of THE DIVINE CALL. Such is the plan of revelation; and, instead of despising early announcements, or deeming them useless, because better “proofs” of the doctrine in question can be found, we ought to admire the wisdom and goodness of God in this gradual development of truth. Who will go to the market places and declare the dishonesty of their traffic? Whom shall I send? A. Ver. 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. This may be a plural of majesty, or the Lord may have meant Himself, the seraphim, and the heavenly host. The change of the number. ; he should heartily accord with his commission. The court of the great King. THE VISION OF GOD TO THE SOUL. In view of the nature and effect of this message, God is represented as inquiring who would be willing to undertake it? 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. Isaiah was married and had two sons by the names of Shear-jashub (Hebr. 2. There are exegetical commentaries, scholarly and technical commentaries, as well as commentaries that are easy to understand. pitch upon a proper person; and that there were but few that were The “Top 10” list is based on aggregate reviews.. Whom shall I send?] He can speak in tones which would make the proudest quail; He can unfold a majesty before which the whole nation should be subdued. Isaiah 6:8 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Isaiah 6:8, NIV: "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send?And who will go for us?' 4 , 6 ) and “God’s holy mountain” as a house of prayer (v. Then I said, "Here am I. Who will be a bearer of evil tidings? “Well,”--said Mr. Moody, “we don’t want that kind of mountain-top experience. And then, on the other hand, no seraph of them all, with all his wings, had seen down so deep, and had come up so close to the holiness of God as Isaiah had seen and had come close. ]; his own utter unfitness for the work assigned him [Note: Exodus 4:10. Here were no inquiries made, what the particular office was, or what would be the difficulties attending the execution of it. It is not, “Here am I away I will go,” but “Here am I send me.” Some people get into their head a notion that they must do something uncommon and extraordinary, and though it may be most irrational, it is for that very reason that the scheme commends itself to their want of judgment. 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. xii., No. Then in the consciousness of this new life and enduement he heard—. Genesis 1:26; Genesis 11:7; 1 Kings 22:19-23). He was prepared by a sense of pardoning love. Besides this strange use of the plural number on the part of God himself, plural names (אלהים 'elohı̂ym אדנים 'ădônâyı̂m ) are frequently given to him by the writers of the Bible; the instances in which these names occur in the singular form, are the exceptions. I. It was sufficient for this holy man that he should be employed in doing the will of God; and he was willing to devote to that service all his faculties and all his powers [Note: Here, if the subject of Missions be treated of, it would be proper to shew, that every Candidate for the office of such a Ministry ought to possess the very disposition which was here evinced.] He desires volunteers, "Who will go for us?" Why was Isaiah, the son of Amoz, a man of unclean lips, and a man woeful and undone, so accepted, and so sent? 2. "Lay hands upon no man rashly," but with deliberation. ), 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? Let us now turn our thoughts to THE VISION OF ORDINATION. 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. There we behold Christ as “the brightness of his Father’s glory, and the express image of his person [Note: Hebrews 1:3. By sanctifying all the faculties to His use. Ver. II. “Here am I send me.”, 1. Preaching like that never yet came out of the schools of the prophets, any more than it ever came out of the mouth of an angel. are expressly attributed to the Holy Ghost in ( Acts 28:25 Acts 28:26 ) the 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. But, taking the proposal as made to us in general to serve our God, we may here see what a spirit we should cultivate. 3. 1. by a vision of God, of the thrice Holy One, filling the soul with awe, and causing it to tremble (Isa ). , are the divine queries. The problem is, to account for the use of the plural number in these passages, consistently with the unity of God. The Prophet now begins to discourse about the design of this vision, why God appeared to him with such glorious majesty, in order to ordain him anew as a prophet. God often chooses marked seasons for His greatest self-manifestations; makes individual souls associate eventful days with their own more personal history. For us, God's business is with human lives, human souls. God wants a person. H.Spurgeon. 5 Then said I, Woe is me! [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. 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. ), When the Moravian Brethren in Germany were carrying on their great mission work in heathen lands, Zinzendorf, their distinguished leader, sent one day for one of the ministers, and said to him, “Will you go to Greenland tomorrow as a missionary?” The minister, after a moment’s hesitation, said, “Yes, if the shoemaker can finish the boots which I have ordered of him by tomorrow, I will go.” (H. Macmillan, LL. 3. This was not Isaiah"s original commission to prophesy, but his special commission for this great dispensational prophecy. Chapter 6. God especially qualifies His messengers. (Comp. Who — To deliver the following message. 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. 3. ), General Booth once wanted fourteen recruits for India. The work is always more important than the man, for the man has a brief life, and the work is immortal. Isa . Send me!” How may we ascertain that we are required to become messengers of the living God? IV. Then said I, Here [am] I send me. He, in turn, gave place to such men as Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton and Joseph Sturge, who also were “called” and “ordained” by the Spirit of God to the Christlike work of securing liberty to the captive. Isaiah 42:1-8; then Isaiah 50:5-9. The person wanted has a Divine side: “Whom shall I send?” Then he has a human aspect: “Who will go for Us?” But the two meet together--the human and Divine unite in the last words, “for Us.” Here is a man, nothing more than a man of human instincts, but clad through Divine grace with superhuman, even with Divine authority. Notice the particular kind of man for whom this voice is seeking. Even now things are not as they seem. Knill. C. J. Vaughan, Half-Hours in the Temple Church, p. 177. Sessions. Then, he makes a full surrender of himself. Isaiah 6 – Isaiah’s Conviction, Cleansing and Call A. (C. H. 2. A. Indeed, many interpreters conclude that Isaiah 6:1-8 represents not Isaiah’s call, but rather something like a renewal-of-call experience or a re-commissioning for a new situation that was precipitated by the death of King Uzziah in 742 BCE (or … Continue reading "Commentary on Isaiah 6:1-8" (C. The loss of life itself should be regarded as no loss, yea, rather as a grain, in such a cause — — — To live for God, or die for God, should be deemed equally desirable, if only God’s will may be done in us, and the Lord Jesus Christ be magnified [Note: Acts 20:24. 2. (C. B. Symes, B. 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. 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. The man who is to do God's work must not only see himself in God's light, but see also how the light which exposes is a light also to purify and to transform. These essentials of service are also essentials of Christian life. 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. — God asks this question, not as if he were unresolved whom to send, but that Isaiah might have an opportunity of voluntarily offering his service. Isaiah 6:8 NIV • Isaiah 6:8 NLT • Isaiah 6:8 ESV • Isaiah 6:8 NASB • Isaiah 6:8 KJV • Isaiah 6:8 Interlinear • Isaiah 6:8 Commentaries • Isaiah 6:8 Parallel Texts • Isaiah 6:8 Bible Apps • Isaiah 6:8 Parallel • … The name usually rendered “God” in the English Bible, is almost invariably plural - אלהים 'elohı̂ym Gods. not directing his discourse to the seraphim, as Aben Ezra and He saw his need of Jesus Christ. All that was left on earth of my young wife, except the memory of a sainted life and of a too brief happiness, was lying still and cold in the chamber above us. III. Only once did God choose a completely sinless preacher. such a message: and who will go for us? sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers. I. 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. Proud member We should offer ourselves to God to serve him, [There should be no delay; no looking for a more convenient season. ],” and expect that “strength shall be given you according to your day [Note: Deuteronomy 33:25. 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