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Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah, in first person, recounts a vision received in the year King Uzziah died. He is not addressing an audience here; he is reporting what he saw.
The words — יֹשֵׁב (yoshev), "sitting," is the verb that anchors the scene: God is not passing through but enthroned and at rest. The image that follows — the train of His robe filling the temple — compresses infinite presence into a single hem of cloth.
The thread — Daniel 7:9 shows the Ancient of Days taking His seat with clothing white as snow; Revelation 15:8 has the temple so full of God's glory that no one can enter. John 12:41 reads this same throne vision as Isaiah seeing the glory of Christ.
Why it lands — The verse forces a scale check: the hem of a robe fills the entire temple, which means the full figure of God is beyond the building, beyond the eye, beyond the prophet. The reader is placed at the bottom of that scale before any command or call is issued.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Cross-references
- John 12:41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
- Revelation 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
- Daniel 7:9 As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
- Psalms 113:5 Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
- Revelation 7:15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
- Matthew 25:31 When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- Isaiah 66:1 This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
- John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- Revelation 3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Psalms 108:5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.