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Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he laid <i>it</i> upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he touched my mouth <i>with it,</i> and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He touched my mouth <i>with it</i> and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your guilt is taken away and atonement is made for your sin.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He touched my mouth with it and said, &#8220Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he touched my mouth <i>with it</i> and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is forgiven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he touched my mouth <i>with it</i> and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is atoned for.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He touched my mouth <i>with it</i> and said, “Listen carefully, this has touched your lips; your wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing] is taken away and your sin atoned for <i>and</i> forgiven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He touched my mouth with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He touched my mouth with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed and your sin is atoned for. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />It touched my lips with the hot coal and said, "This has touched your lips. Your sins are forgiven, and you are no longer guilty." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He touched my mouth with it and said, "This has touched your lips. Your guilt has been taken away, and your sin has been forgiven."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He touched my lips with the burning coal and said, "This has touched your lips, and now your guilt is gone, and your sins are forgiven." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He touched my mouth and said, "Look! Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sins atoned for."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And with it he touched my mouth and said: ?Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He touched my mouth with it and said, "Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Look, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sins forgiven."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thy iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he strikes against my mouth and says: “Behold, this has struck against your lips, "" And your iniquity is turned aside, "" And your sin is covered.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he striketh against my mouth, and saith: 'Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will touch upon my mouth, and say, Behold, this touched upon thy lips; and took away thine iniquity, and thy sin shall be covered.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he touched my mouth, and he said, “Behold, this has touched your lips, and so your iniquities will be taken away, and your sin will be cleansed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He touched my mouth with it. “See,” he said, “now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, your sin purged.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he touched my mouth and said to me, Lo, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and your sins are forgiven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And it touched my mouth and he said to me, “Behold I have brought this to your lips to remove your evil and your sins will be forgiven”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and he touched my mouth with it, and said: Lo, this hath touched thy lips; And thine iniquity is taken away, And thy sin expiated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched thy lips, and will take away thine iniquities, and will purge off thy sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/6-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1266" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/6.htm">Isaiah's Vision of the Lord in His Glory</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: way·yag·ga‘ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">And with it he touched</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: pî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">my mouth</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">“Now that</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: nā·ḡa‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">has touched</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fdc:: 2ms) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">your lips,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·ne·ḵā (N-csc:: 2ms) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">your iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: wə·sār (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">is removed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">and your sin</a> <a href="/hebrew/3722.htm" title="3722: tə·ḵup·pār (V-Pual-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.">is atoned for.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-2.htm">Matthew 9:2-6</a></span><br />Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.” / On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!” / But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Psalm 51:2-7</a></span><br />Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. / For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. / Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a></span><br />how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a></span><br />For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Jeremiah 1:9</a></span><br />Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-3.htm">John 15:3</a></span><br />You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a></span><br />to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-18.htm">Numbers 19:18-20</a></span><br />Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain. / The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean. / But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a></span><br />But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. / And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5</a></span><br />and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a></span><br />As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1-5</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. / And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?” / Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he laid it on my mouth, and said, See, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.</p><p class="hdg">he laid it upon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Jeremiah 1:9</a></b></br> Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/10-16.htm">Daniel 10:16</a></b></br> And, behold, <i>one</i> like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.</p><p class="hdg">thine iniquity</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></b></br> I, <i>even</i> I, <i>am</i> he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5,10</a></b></br> But he <i>was</i> wounded for our transgressions, <i>he was</i> bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace <i>was</i> upon him; and with his stripes we are healed… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/9-2.htm">Matthew 9:2</a></b></br> And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/16-6.htm">Atoned</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-6.htm">Expiated</a> <a href="/psalms/85-2.htm">Forgiven</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-6.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-18.htm">Striketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Atoned</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-3.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-24.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Expiated</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Forgiven</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Striketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-3.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Being terrified, has apprehensions removed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm">He offers himself, and is sent to show the obstinacy of the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">A remnant shall be saved</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And with it he touched my mouth</b><br>This phrase refers to the seraphim using a live coal from the altar to touch Isaiah's mouth. The altar in the temple was a place of sacrifice and atonement, symbolizing purification and cleansing. The act of touching Isaiah's mouth signifies the purification of his speech and his readiness to speak God's words. This moment is a divine commissioning, similar to the calling of other prophets like Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Jeremiah 1:9</a>), where God touches the prophet's mouth to equip them for their mission.<p><b>and said: “Now that this has touched your lips,</b><br>The lips are symbolic of speech and communication. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the mouth and lips were often seen as the instruments of prophecy. The touching of Isaiah's lips signifies a transformation and preparation for his prophetic role. This act is reminiscent of the purification rituals in the temple, where contact with holy objects was believed to impart holiness and readiness for service.<p><b>your iniquity is removed</b><br>Iniquity refers to moral impurity or sin. The removal of iniquity is a central theme in the Old Testament, often associated with the sacrificial system where offerings were made to atone for sin. This phrase indicates a divine act of forgiveness and cleansing, preparing Isaiah to stand in God's presence and serve as His messenger. It echoes the promise of forgiveness found in passages like <a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a>, where God removes transgressions from His people.<p><b>and your sin is atoned for.”</b><br>Atonement involves reconciliation between God and humanity, often through a sacrificial act. In the Old Testament, atonement was achieved through the shedding of blood, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>. This phrase foreshadows the ultimate atonement through Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice on the cross provides the final and complete atonement for sin (<a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a>). Isaiah's experience here prefigures the cleansing and redemption available through Christ, highlighting the continuity of God's redemptive plan throughout scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who receives a vision of the Lord in the temple. He is the recipient of the cleansing act described in this verse.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/seraphim.htm">Seraphim</a></b><br>Angelic beings present in the vision, one of whom performs the act of cleansing Isaiah's lips with a live coal.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The setting of Isaiah's vision, representing the holy presence of God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>The source of the live coal used by the seraphim, symbolizing purification and atonement.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord</a></b><br>The divine presence Isaiah encounters, whose holiness highlights Isaiah's unworthiness and need for cleansing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_holiness_of_god.htm">The Holiness of God</a></b><br>Recognize the overwhelming holiness of God, which reveals our own sinfulness and need for purification.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_cleansing.htm">The Need for Cleansing</a></b><br>Understand that true cleansing from sin comes from God alone, as symbolized by the coal from the altar.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/atonement_and_forgiveness.htm">Atonement and Forgiveness</a></b><br>Embrace the atonement provided through Christ, which permanently removes our iniquity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_god's_call.htm">Responding to God's Call</a></b><br>Like Isaiah, be prepared to respond to God's call once we have been cleansed and forgiven.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_a_purified_life.htm">Living a Purified Life</a></b><br>Strive to live a life that reflects the purity and holiness imparted to us through Christ's atonement.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_adrian_rogers'_impact.htm">Do they honor me with lips, not hearts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'children_of_wrath'.htm">What is the significance of Jesus' scars in heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_touching_jeremiah_contradict.htm">Jeremiah 1:9 - Does the idea of God directly touching Jeremiah's mouth contradict other biblical accounts of prophetic calling?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/types_of_angels.htm">What are the different types of angels?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">And he laid it upon my mouth.</span>--So Jehovah "touched the mouth" of Isaiah's great successor (<a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm" title="Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.">Jeremiah 1:9</a>); but not in that case with a "coal from the altar." That prophet, like Moses (<a href="/exodus/4-10.htm" title="And Moses said to the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since you have spoken to your servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.">Exodus 4:10</a>), had felt only or chiefly the want of power ("Alas! I cannot speak), and power was given him. Isaiah desired purity, and his prayer also was answered.<p><span class= "bld">Thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.</span>--The clauses express the two elements of the great change which men, according to their varying systems, have called Conversion, the New Birth, Regeneration; but which is at all times a necessary stage in the perfecting of the saints of God. Pardon and purity are the conditions alike of the prophet's work and of the completeness of his own spiritual life.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He laid it upon my mouth</span>; literally, <span class="accented">he caused it to touch my mouth</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "he touched my mouth with it." He brought it into contact with that part of him which the prophet had recognized (ver. 5) as the seat of impurity. <span class="cmt_word">Thine iniquity is taken away</span>. By the contact the prophet's impurity is purged, and he is freed from it. The symbolical net showed <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> that sin could be purged; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> that the highest angelic nature could not, alone and of its own force, purge it; and <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> that the purging could come only from that fire which consumes the incense that is laid upon the altar of God. Dr. Kay suggests that this fire is "the Divine love." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/6-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And with it he touched</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּגַּ֣ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yag·ga‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my mouth</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֕אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Now that</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has touched</span><br /><span class="heb">נָגַ֥ע</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your lips,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> </span><span class="str2">The lip, language, a margin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנֶ֔ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is removed</span><br /><span class="heb">וְסָ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·sār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your sin</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַטָּאתְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is atoned for.”</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּכֻפָּֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḵup·pār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3722.htm">Strong's 3722: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/6-7.htm">Isaiah 6:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/6-7.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 6:7 He touched my mouth with it (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/6-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 6:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 6:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 6:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 6:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>