Isaiah 6:6
New International Version
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

New Living Translation
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.

English Standard Version
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar.

New American Standard Bible
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

NASB 1995
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

NASB 1977
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, with a burning coal in his hand which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Amplified Bible
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Christian Standard Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

American Standard Version
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:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And one of the Seraphim flew to me, and in his hand he took a coal from the altar with tongs

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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:

Contemporary English Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then one of the angels flew to me. In his hand was a burning coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Good News Translation
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.

International Standard Version
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, carrying a burning coal in his hand that he had taken from the altar with tongs.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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;

Literal Standard Version
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),

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, holding an ember which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

NET Bible
But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

New Revised Standard Version
Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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,)

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Context
Isaiah's Vision of the Lord in His Glory
5Then 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.” 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7And 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.”…

Cross References
Revelation 8:3
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.

Numbers 16:46
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."

Isaiah 6:2
Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

Ezekiel 10:2
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.


Treasury of Scripture

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:

flew

Isaiah 6:2
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.

Daniel 9:21-23
Yea, whiles I was 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…

Hebrews 1:7,14
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire…

having, etc.

Ezekiel 10:2
And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

Matthew 3:11
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 with fire:

Acts 2:3
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

which

Leviticus 16:12
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 it within the vail:

Hebrews 9:22-26
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission…

Hebrews 13:10
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

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Isaiah 6
1. Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory
5. Being terrified, has apprehensions removed
8. He offers himself, and is sent to show the obstinacy of the people
13. A remnant shall be saved














(6) Then flew one of the seraphims.--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, stone, and interpreted by some critics of the stones of which the altar was constructed--is commonly thought of as belonging, like that of Revelation 8:5; Revelation 9:13, 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 Psalm 51:7, the prayer of the penitent is "Purge me with hyssop"--i.e., 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 (Numbers 31:23; Malachi 3:2; Matthew 3:11; 1Corinthians 3:15; Hebrews 12:29; 1Peter 1:7). Isaiah passed, as it were, through the purgatory of an instantaneous agony. . . . Verse 6. - A live coal; or, a glowing stone, as Gesenius, Rosenmüller, Knobel, and Mr. Cheyne understand (comp. 1 Kings 19:6, where a cognate word is used). The tongs... the altar. The presence of an altar in the heavenly dwelling, with the usual appurtenances, is assumed (comp. Revelation 6:9; Revelation 8:3). 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 (Exodus 25:38).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then one
אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the seraphim
הַשְּׂרָפִ֔ים (haś·śə·rā·p̄îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8314: Burning, poisonous, a saraph, symbolical creature

flew
וַיָּ֣עָף (way·yā·‘āp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

to me,
אֵלַ֗י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

and in his hand
וּבְיָד֖וֹ (ū·ḇə·yā·ḏōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

was a glowing coal
רִצְפָּ֑ה (riṣ·pāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7531: A hot stone, a tessellated pavement

that he had taken
לָקַ֖ח (lā·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

with tongs
בְּמֶ֨לְקַחַ֔יִם (bə·mel·qa·ḥa·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - md
Strong's 4457: Tongs, snuffers

from
מֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al)
Preposition-m
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the altar.
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar


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