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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/isaiah/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, <i>which</i> he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal <i>which</i> he had taken with the tongs from the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, with a burning coal in his hand which he had taken from the altar with tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />One of the flaming creatures flew over to me with a burning coal that it had taken from the altar with a pair of metal tongs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then one of the angels flew to me. In his hand was a burning coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then one of the creatures flew down to me, carrying a burning coal that he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, carrying a burning coal in his hand that he had taken from the altar with tongs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And one of the seraphim flees to me, and in his hand—a burning coal (with tongs he has taken [it] from off the altar),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken it from off the altar,)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And one from the seraphs will fly to me, and in his hand a hot stone, he took with the tongs from off the altar:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And one of the Seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a burning coal, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, holding an ember which he had taken with tongs from the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And one of the Seraphim flew to me, and in his hand he took a coal from the altar with tongs<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then flew unto me one of the seraphim, with a glowing stone in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/6-6.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=1257" 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">5</span>Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.” <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">Then one</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/8314.htm" title="8314: haś·śə·rā·p̄îm (Art:: N-mp) -- From saraph; burning, i.e. poisonous; specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature.">the seraphim</a> <a href="/hebrew/5774.htm" title="5774: way·yā·‘āp̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fly, to faint. A primitive root; to cover; hence to fly; also to faint.">flew</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: ū·ḇə·yā·ḏōw (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">and in his hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/7531.htm" title="7531: riṣ·pāh (N-fs) -- A hot stone, a tessellated pavement. Feminine of retseph; a hot stone; also a tessellated pavement.">was a glowing coal</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qaḥ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">that he had taken</a> <a href="/hebrew/4457.htm" title="4457: bə·mel·qa·ḥa·yim (Prep-b:: N-md) -- Tongs, snuffers. Or malqach; from laqach; tweezers.">with tongs</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>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.”…<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="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-5</a></span><br />Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. / Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/10-2.htm">Ezekiel 10:2</a></span><br />And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Numbers 16:46-48</a></span><br />Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.” / So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. / He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Leviticus 16:12-13</a></span><br />Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil. / He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.<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_kings/19-5.htm">1 Kings 19:5-7</a></span><br />Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” / And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. / A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”<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="/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<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="/daniel/10-16.htm">Daniel 10:16</a></span><br />And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11</a></span><br />I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-11.htm">Luke 1:11-13</a></span><br />Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. / When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear. / But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a></span><br />containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm">1 Peter 1:7</a></span><br />so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-3.htm">Acts 2:3-4</a></span><br />They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. / And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then flew one of the seraphim to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:</p><p class="hdg">flew</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Isaiah 6:2</a></b></br> Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-21.htm">Daniel 9:21-23</a></b></br> Yea, whiles I <i>was</i> speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/1-7.htm">Hebrews 1:7,14</a></b></br> And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire… </p><p class="hdg">having, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/10-2.htm">Ezekiel 10:2</a></b></br> And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, <i>even</i> under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter <i>them</i> over the city. And he went in in my sight.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11</a></b></br> I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and <i>with</i> fire:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/2-3.htm">Acts 2:3</a></b></br> And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.</p><p class="hdg">which</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Leviticus 16:12</a></b></br> And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring <i>it</i> within the vail:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22-26</a></b></br> And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10</a></b></br> We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-21.htm">Coal</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-21.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Flew</a> <a href="/psalms/120-4.htm">Glowing</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-8.htm">Live</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Seraphim</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Seraphims</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Seraphs</a> <a href="/songs/5-15.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-21.htm">Tongs</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Winged</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-14.htm">Coal</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/acts/16-26.htm">Flew</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Glowing</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Live</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Seraphim</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Seraphims</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Seraphs</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Tongs</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-29.htm">Winged</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>Then one of the seraphim flew to me</b><br>The seraphim are angelic beings associated with the presence of God, often depicted as having six wings. Their role in this passage highlights the holiness and majesty of God. The act of flying to Isaiah signifies divine intervention and the urgency of the message. The seraphim's presence underscores the heavenly realm's involvement in earthly matters, emphasizing God's sovereignty and the importance of Isaiah's prophetic mission.<p><b>and in his hand was a glowing coal</b><br>The glowing coal symbolizes purification and cleansing. In ancient Israelite culture, fire often represented God's presence and holiness. The coal's glow indicates its divine origin and power to purify. This imagery connects to the sacrificial system, where fire consumed offerings, symbolizing atonement and purification. The coal's role here prefigures the ultimate purification through Christ's sacrifice, who cleanses believers from sin.<p><b>that he had taken with tongs from the altar</b><br>The altar is a central element in the temple, representing the place of sacrifice and atonement. The use of tongs suggests the coal's intense heat and holiness, which even a seraph must handle with care. This altar likely refers to the heavenly altar, indicating the divine source of purification. The imagery connects to the Levitical priesthood and the sacrificial system, foreshadowing Christ as the ultimate high priest and sacrifice, who provides eternal cleansing and access to God.<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 central human figure in this passage, experiencing a profound moment of cleansing and commissioning.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/seraphim.htm">Seraphim</a></b><br>Angelic beings present in the heavenly vision. They are described as having six wings and are involved in the purification of Isaiah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>Represents the place of sacrifice and atonement. The glowing coal taken from the altar signifies purification and the removal of sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The setting of Isaiah's vision, symbolizing the presence of God and His holiness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_glowing_coal.htm">The Glowing Coal</a></b><br>A symbol of purification and cleansing, used by the seraphim to touch Isaiah's lips, signifying the removal of his guilt.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_of_god.htm">Holiness of God</a></b><br>God's holiness is overwhelming and awe-inspiring, as seen in Isaiah's reaction to the vision. We are called to approach God with reverence and humility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/n/need_for_purification.htm">Need for Purification</a></b><br>Just as Isaiah needed cleansing, we too require purification from sin. This is fulfilled through Christ's atoning sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_commissioning.htm">Divine Commissioning</a></b><br>After purification, Isaiah is ready to be sent by God. Our cleansing leads to a readiness to serve and fulfill God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_altar.htm">Symbolism of the Altar</a></b><br>The altar represents sacrifice and atonement. In our lives, it points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, who cleanses us from all unrighteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_angels.htm">Role of Angels</a></b><br>The seraphim serve as messengers and agents of God's will, reminding us of the spiritual realities and the unseen work of God in our lives.<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/do_angels_possess_wings.htm">Do angels possess wings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_'heap_coals'_conflict_with_forgiveness.htm">Proverbs 25:21–22 – Does instructing believers to “heap burning coals” on an enemy’s head conflict with later biblical teachings on compassion and forgiveness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_seraphim_in_the_bible.htm">What are seraphim in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'heap_coals'_on_head_mean.htm">What does "heap burning coals" on someone's head mean?</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>(6) <span class= "bld">Then flew one of the seraphims.</span>--In presenting the vision to our mind's eye we have to think of the bright seraph form, glowing as with fire, and with wings like the lightning-flash, leaving his station above the throne, and coming to where the prophet stood in speechless terror. The altar from which he took the "live coal "--literally, <span class= "ital">stone, </span>and interpreted by some critics of the stones of which the altar was constructed--is commonly thought of as belonging, like that of <a href="/revelation/8-5.htm" title="And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunder, and lightning, and an earthquake.">Revelation 8:5</a>; <a href="/revelation/9-13.htm" title="And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,">Revelation 9:13</a>, to the heavenly Temple which was opened to the prophet's view. There seems, however, a deeper meaning in the symbolism if we think of the seraph as descending from the height above the throne to the altar of incense, near which Isaiah actually stood. It was from that altar that the glowing charcoal was taken. What had seemed part of the material of a formal worship became quickened with a living power. The symbol became sacramental. So in <a href="/psalms/51-7.htm" title="Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.">Psalm 51:7</a>, the prayer of the penitent is "Purge me with hyssop"--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>make the symbol a reality. Fire, it need hardly be said, is throughout the Bible the symbol at once of the wrath and the love of God, destroying the evil and purifying the good (<a href="/numbers/31-23.htm" title="Every thing that may abide the fire, you shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that stays not the fire you shall make go through the water.">Numbers 31:23</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm" title="But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:">Malachi 3:2</a>; <a href="/matthew/3-11.htm" title="I indeed baptize you with water to repentance. but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.">Matthew 3:11</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/3-15.htm" title="If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.">1Corinthians 3:15</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-29.htm" title="For our God is a consuming fire.">Hebrews 12:29</a>; <a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm" title="That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:">1Peter 1:7</a>). Isaiah passed, as it were, through the purgatory of an instantaneous agony. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A live coal</span>; or, <span class="accented">a glowing stone</span>, as Gesenius, Rosenmüller, Knobel, and Mr. Cheyne understand (comp. <a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm">1 Kings 19:6</a>, where a cognate word is used). <span class="cmt_word">The tongs... the altar</span>. The presence of an altar in the heavenly dwelling, with the usual appurtenances, is assumed (comp. <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Revelation 6:9</a>; <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3</a>). The altar is, no doubt, an altar of incense, and of gold, not of stone; but the incense is burnt upon stones heated to a glow, and it is one of these stones which the angel takes with the golden tongs of the sanctuary (<a href="/exodus/25-38.htm">Exodus 25:38</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/6-6.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">Then one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָד֙</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the seraphim</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׂרָפִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śə·rā·p̄îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8314.htm">Strong's 8314: </a> </span><span class="str2">Burning, poisonous, a saraph, symbolical creature</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flew</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֣עָף</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·‘āp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5774.htm">Strong's 5774: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fly, to faint</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and in his hand</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְיָד֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·yā·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was a glowing coal</span><br /><span class="heb">רִצְפָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(riṣ·pāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7531.htm">Strong's 7531: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hot stone, a tessellated pavement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that he had taken</span><br /><span class="heb">לָקַ֖ח</span> <span class="translit">(lā·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with tongs</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמֶ֨לְקַחַ֔יִם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mel·qa·ḥa·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4457.htm">Strong's 4457: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tongs, snuffers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the altar.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/6-6.htm">Isaiah 6:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/6-6.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 6:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 6:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/6-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 6:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 6:7" /></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>