With it, he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” Isaiah 6:7
Read Isaiah 6:1-8. Read carefully. Picture and hear every little detail of this passage. Then look at the following keywords and their meanings.
In verse 1, look at the word high. It means to rise, rise up, be lofty, be exalted. In verse 3, look at the word – cried. It means to call, call out, recite, read, proclaim. Also, in verse three, look at holy, hosts, full, and glory. Holy means sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart. Hosts mean that which goes forth, army, war, warfare. The meaning of full is fullness, that which fills; a handful, mass, multitude. Glory means honor, glorious, abundance, splendor.
Now let’s look at the word “moved” in verse four. It means to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift. Next, IN verse 5, let’s look at the words woe, undone, and unclean. Woe, I like this word even though it means sadness. The strong’s concordance it means alas! Oh! A passionate cry of grief or despair. Undone means to cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy, perish—the word unclean means impure, ethically and religiously.
In verse 6, the word “live coal” means pavement, glowing stone, or coal. In verse 7, the keywords are touched, iniquity, taken away, sin, and purged. Touch means to strike, to reach, extend to. Iniquity is perversity, depravity, guilt, or punishment. Taken away means to turn aside, depart, avoid, to remove. Sin is the guilt of sin, sinful, condition of sin. Purged is to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation. Finally, in verse 8, the word “send” means to let go, stretch out, direct.
Reread the passage, with now the meanings to all the words. What is your response to this passage now?
God wants to send us into the world in His name. We’ve been called to share Jesus with the lost. We’ve been called to pray, disciple, and teach God’s word and His ways. We are called to believe, and with the belief, we are called to speak. Yet, our tongues are corrupted through gossip, backbiting, lying, criticism, profanity, perversity, and cursing. Read Isaiah 6:5. Then fill in this sentence for your own personal prayer! Woe is me! For I am __________________________________________.
Our confessions are atoned from the blood of sacrifice laid at the altar. So, likewise, Jesus Christ’s blood atones our sins.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I pray that we will use our tongues to glorify you.
In Jesus Name
Amen
