Isaiah 6 — The Throne Vision

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Verse references open the BLB Hebrew interlinear for the passage.

ראה rāʾâ — see Isaiah 6:1

קדוש qādôš — holy Isaiah 6:3

כבוד kābôd — glory, weight, majesty Isaiah 6:3

שרף śārāf — seraph, “burning one” Isaiah 6:2

טמא ṭāmēʾ — unclean Isaiah 6:5

שפתים śĕfātayim — lips Isaiah 6:5

כפר kippēr — make atonement/expiation Isaiah 6:7

שלח šālaḥ — send Isaiah 6:8

Questions for class: Why “unclean lips”? Why is the mouth purified? How does purification make commission possible?

Prepare for Sep 24 — Isaiah 13

Read Isaiah 13 as an oracle against Babylon.
Notice the phrase yom YHWH (“day of the LORD”) and the sound-play ke-shod mi-Shaddai.
Mark images of pride, cosmic shaking, and reversal.