Isaiah 6:7

Isaiah 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”

Context of Isaiah 6:7

5Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.” 8Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” 9He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

Isaiah 6:7 word by word

וַיַּגַּ֣ע עַל־פִּ֔י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛ה נָגַ֥ע זֶ֖ה עַל־שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ וְסָ֣ר עֲוֹנֶ֔ךָ וְחַטָּאתְךָ֖ תְּכֻפָּֽר׃Read the interlinear

• touchedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• my mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• your lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• your iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: guiltH5771
• is takenסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• and your sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• forgivenכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722

Cross-references for Isaiah 6:7

• Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
• Daniel 10:16And behold, one who resembled a human being was touching my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, as a result of the vision anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.
• Isaiah 43:25“I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
• Isaiah 53:5But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.
• Matthew 9:2And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
• Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh,
• 1 John 1:7but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
• 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

Commentaries on Isaiah 6:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And he laid it upon my mouth - Margin, And he caused it to touch my mouth.‘ This is the more correct rendering. It was a slight, momentary touch, sufficient merely to be a “sign or token” that he was cleansed. Thine iniquity is taken away - That is, whatever obstacle there existed to your communicating the message of God to this people, arising from your own consciousness of unworthiness, is taken away. You are commissioned to bear that message, and your…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for: The prophet's experience of forgiveness anticipated Israel's need for national forgiveness and cleansing (Isaiah 43:25; 44:22; see study note on Isaiah 39:6–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. mouth ... lips--(See on Is 6:5). The mouth was touched because it was the part to be used by the prophet when inaugurated. So "tongues of fire" rested on the disciples (Ac 2:3, 4) when they were being set apart to speak in various languages of Jesus. iniquity--conscious unworthiness of acting as God's messenger. purged--literally, "covered," that is, expiated, not by any physical effect of fire to cleanse from sin, but in relation to the altar…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 6:7

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• Purity
• Sin

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Commentaries on Isaiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings