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A Glimpse of God's Holiness
Commentators unanimously agree that Isaiah's cry, "Woe is me! for I am undone," is the universal human reaction to encountering God's true majesty. Like Job, Peter, and Moses, seeing God's perfect holiness instantly exposed Isaiah's own sinfulness and unworthiness. Scholars explain this is a moment of profound truth that shatters our self-righteousness and reveals our desperate need for a mediator.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 6:5
18th Century
Theologian
Woe is me! — That is, I am filled with overwhelming convictions of my own unworthiness, with alarm that I have seen Yahweh.
For I …
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 6:5
19th Century
Bishop
Then said I, Woe is me. — The cry of the prophet expresses the normal result of man’s consciousness of contact with God. …
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 6:5
19th Century
Preacher
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips for mine eyes…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 6:5
16th Century
Theologian
Woe to me! for I am undone. The Prophet now relates how powerfully he was affected by that vision, namely, that he was so terrified by see…
John Gill
On Isaiah 6:5
17th Century
Pastor
Then said I, woe [is] me
There is no woe to a good man, all woes are to the wicked; but a good man may think himself…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 6:1–8
17th Century
Minister
In this figurative vision, the temple is thrown open to view, even to the most holy place. The prophet, standing outside the temple, sees the Divin…