The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
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The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
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And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
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And the posts of the door were moved at the voice of them that called, and the house was filled with smoke.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 6:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Revelation 15:8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
- Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
- 1 Kings 8:10-12 It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled Yahweh’s house, so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house. Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13–6:1 when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever!” then the house was filled with a cloud, even Yahweh’s house, so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled God’s house. Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- Ezekiel 10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
- Revelation 11:19 God’s temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.
- Psalms 18:8 Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
- Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
- Ezekiel 1:24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which things were to confirm the Prophet, that it…
Which things were to confirm the Prophet, that it was not the voice of man: and by the smoke was signified the blindness that should come upon the Jews.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 6:4 And the posts of the door moved…
Isa 6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Ver. 4. And the posts of the door were moved.] Presently upon the angels’ hymn this occured, with such a force it was uttered, as it was at the time of our Saviour’s resurrection, when the angel rolled back the stone and sat upon it there was a great earthquake. {Mat 28:2} By the moving of the "posts" or thresholds was signified the destruction of the temple, when the smoke with which the house was filled, when it was burned down by the Chaldees, as also the just excaecation of the Jews. Their temple, that had been filled with the train of glory, is now filled with smoke going out of God’s nostrils when he was angry. {Psa 18:8 Deu 29:20}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The posts of the door, together with the door…
The posts of the door, together with the door itself, as if the door was to be removed, and the temple thereby to be exposed to the view and rapine of profane persons. Such violent motions were commonly tokens of God’s anger.
Him that cried, to wit, the angel, which cried; Isa 4:3.
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Filled with smoke; which elsewhere is a token of God’s presence and acceptance, as Exo 40:34; 1Ki 8:10, but here of his anger, as Psa 18:8, and elsewhere.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the posts of the door moved at the…
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,.... That is, the posts of the door of the temple, as the Targum adds, where this vision was seen, as represented to the prophet. Some think this respects the earthquake in Uzziah's time, mentioned in Zac 14:5 and which they suppose was at the time he attempted to offer incense, and was smitten with leprosy; but, as Kimchi observes, this moving of the door posts was only in the vision of prophecy, and not in reality; this shaking therefore may denote either the shaking and removing of the temple service and worship, at the death of Christ, and through the preaching of the Gospel; or rather the shaking of the consciences of men by the word, which made them cry out, what shall we do to be saved?
And the house was filled with smoke; this was a token either of the burning of the temple, or of the anger of God against the Jews, Psa 18:8 or of their superstition and will worship, the cause of it, Rev 9:1 or of the judicial blindness and darkness they were given up unto, Isa 6:9 or rather of the presence of God in his church, and with his ministers, Exo 40:3 the allusion may be to the cloud of incense that covered the mercy seat, on the day of atonement, Lev 16:13 the passage is cited on this account in the Talmud (n).
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(n) T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 53. 1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The posts - Together with the door itself. Such…
The posts - Together with the door itself. Such violent motions were commonly tokens of God's anger. Smoak - Which elsewhere is a token of God's presence and acceptance, but here of his anger.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 6:4. And the posts of the door moved…
Isa 6:4. And the posts of the door moved — Together with the door itself. Such violent motions were commonly tokens of God’s anger. And here, it seems, this concussion of the temple was intended to signify God’s displeasure against his people for their sins, and to be a token of its destruction, by the Babylonians first, and afterward by the Romans; and the house was filled with smoke — Which elsewhere is a token of God’s presence and acceptance, but here, of his anger; and may be considered likewise as an emblem of the darkness and blindness of that generation of Jews, accustomed to worship in that temple, as also of that future generation of the same people, who should worship there in the days of the Messiah, before its second destruction by the Romans.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And the posts of the door - Margin, ‘Thresholds.’…
And the posts of the door - Margin, ‘Thresholds.’ There is some difficulty in the Hebrew here, but the meaning of the expression is sufficiently apparent. It means that there was a tremour, or concussion, as if by awe, or by the sound attending the cry. It is evidently a poetic expression.
The house - The temple.
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Was filled with smoke - There is here, doubtless, a reference to “the cloud” that is so often mentioned in the Old Testament as the visible symbol of the Divinity; see the note at Isa 4:5. A similar appearance is recorded when Solomon dedicated the temple; 1Ki 8:10; 2Ch 5:13; Eze 10:4.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Of him. Septuagint, "them," (Haydock) the Seraphim signifying that…
Of him. Septuagint, "them," (Haydock) the Seraphim signifying that the veil was removed by the death of Christ, (Theodoret) or that the people should be led into captivity, as a Jew explained it to St. Jerome.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain posts of . . . door--rather, foundations of the…
posts of . . . door--rather, foundations of the thresholds.
house--temple.
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smoke--the Shekinah cloud (Kg1 8:10; Eze 10:4).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Posts… moved… voice of him — As each…
4. Posts… moved… voice of him — As each cried “holy” singly, the prophet, standing in front of the vestibule, (not far from the great altar,) beheld a tremor of the “posts;” a trembling not caused by the physical force of the cry, but as a pulsation at the intensity of the divine holiness.
Filled with smoke — The incense from the burning altar of Isa_6:6, the symbol of worship of the present Jehovah, accompanying the ascription. See notes on Rev_8:2-5.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. the posts of the door moved] the foundations…
4. the posts of the door moved] the foundations of the thresholds shook (R.V.).
was filled (began to fill) with smoke] The smoke symbolises the “dark side of Jehovah’s self-manifestation” (Rev_15:8), the reaction of His holy nature against sin. It answers to the rising consciousness of alienation and impurity in the prophet’s mind, expressed in the next verse.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) The posts of the door.—Better, the foundations of…
(4) The posts of the door.—Better, the foundations of the threshold. The words seem to point to the prophet’s position as in front of the Holy of holies.
The house was filled with smoke.—The vision had its prototype in “the smoke as of a furnace” on Sinai (Exo_19:18), in the glory-cloud of 1Ki_8:10, and possibly in its lurid fire-lit darkness represented the wrath of Jehovah, as the clear brightness of the throne did His love. So in Rev_15:8, the “smoke from the glory of God” precedes the outpouring of the seven vials of wrath’. The parallelism of the clouds of incense-smoke as the symbol of adoring prayer (Rev_5:8; Rev_8:4) suggests an alternative interpretation as possible; but in that case mention would probably have been made of the censers from which it rose. The incense-clouds of the Temple may in either case have been the starting-point of the mystic vision.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The posts of the door moved; rather, the bases…
The posts of the door moved; rather, the bases of the thresholds shook (compare Revised Version). The shout of the seraphs shook the very foundations on which the thresholds of the gates of heaven rested a testimony to the energy with which it was uttered. At the voice of him that cried; i.e. "at the voice of each and all." The house was filled with smoke. "Smoke" is sometimes the mere sign of the presence of God, Isa_4:5; but more often it indicates his presence in anger or judgment. (see Exo_19:18 Exo_20:18 Rev_15:8) Here there had been no smoke at first, and we must suppose it, therefore, a sign of the anger which finds vent in ver. 9-12.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And the posts of the door moved
Isa_6:4
And the posts of the door moved
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The shaken temple
It is stated that, at a musical festival which was held in Westminster Abbey on one occasion, the strains were so powerful in a certain part of the performance, that the whole building was shaken.
So it was on this occasion. The sacred edifice trembled at the presence of God, and at the voice of those who were engaged in His praise.
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Isaiah continues to describe his vision.
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The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voices of those who were crying out
"When the seraphim called out, their voices shook the doorways and their foundations"
the house was filled with smoke
This can be stated in active form. AT: "smoke filled the temple" or "smoke filled the palace" (See: Active or Passive)
Woe is me! For I am doomed
This can be stated in active form. AT: "I am in great trouble! Terrible things will happen to me" (See: Active or Passive)
of unclean lips
Here "lips" represent what a person speaks. And, people saying things that are unacceptable to God is spoken of as if their lips were physically unclean. (See: Metonymy and Metaphor)
Yahweh, Yahweh of hosts
Yahweh, the ruler of the angel armies"
my eyes have seen
Here "eyes" represents the whole person. AT: "I have seen" (See: Synecdoche)
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woe
doom
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people group
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Yahweh of hosts
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