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Isaiah 6:5 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 6 · verse 5
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 have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.Isaiah 6:5 · King James Version
Isaiah 6:5 in context
3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5Then 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 have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
6Then 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:
7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
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Key words (Strong's)
- uncleanṭâmêʼfoul in a religious senseH2931 →
- undonedâmâhto be dumb or silentH1820 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- dwellyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- midsttâveka bisectionH8432 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Our curiosity would lead us to enquire further concerning the seraphim, their songs and their services; but here we leave them, and must attend to what passed between God and his prophet.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-8