New English Translation
Isaiah 6:7
7He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.”
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
5I said, “Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies.” 6But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.” 8I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, “Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” I answered, “Here I am, send me!” 9He said, “Go and tell these people: ‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
Read all of Isaiah 6Isaiah 6:7 word by word
וַיַּגַּ֣ע עַל־פִּ֔י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛ה נָגַ֥ע זֶ֖ה עַל־שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ וְסָ֣ר עֲוֹנֶ֔ךָ וְחַטָּאתְךָ֖ תְּכֻפָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he laidנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
- upon my mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
- and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- thy lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
- and thine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: guiltH5771
- is taken awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
- and thy sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- purgedכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
Cross-references for Isaiah 6:7
- Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.
- Daniel 10:16Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.
- Isaiah 43:25I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
- Isaiah 53:5He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
- Matthew 9:2Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”
- Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,
- 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 2:1(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
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
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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
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