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and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.
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Cleansed by the Altar
Commentators unanimously explain that the coal's cleansing power was not magical but symbolic. It came from the altar of sacrifice, signifying that Isaiah's forgiveness was based on atonement. Scholars like Barnes and Henry see this as a clear pointer to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, whose atonement is the true source of pardon and purity for all believers.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And 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, m…
19th Century
Anglican
And he laid it upon my mouth. —So Jehovah touched the mouth of Isaiah’s great successor ([Reference Jeremiah 1:9…
Baptist
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: and he laid it up…
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16th Century
Protestant
And applying it to my mouth. We see how God condescends to meet the weakness of human understanding. He puts the tongs into the h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he laid [it] upon my mouth Because he had complained of the impurity of his lips, and that his mouth might take in by…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the year that king Uzziah died. After denouncing the fault of the two tribes and adding the corrective punishment, the p…
