Isaiah 6 · Verse 7

Isaiah 6:7

And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Isaiah 6:7, King James Version

Isaiah 6:7 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.”
WEBHe touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
ASVand he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.
YLTand he striketh against my mouth, and saith: ‘Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.'
DARBYand he made it touch my mouth, and said, Behold, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin expiated.
BBEAnd after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin.
WebsterAnd he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thy iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

What does Isaiah 6:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. mouth ... lips--(See on Is 6:5). The mouth was touched because it was the part to be used by the prophet when inaugurated. So "tongues of fire" rested on the disciples (Ac 2:3, 4) when they were being set apart to speak in various languages of Jesus. iniquity--conscious unworthiness of acting as God's messenger. purged--literally, "covered," that is, expiated, not by any physical effect of fire to cleanse from sin, but in relation to the altar sacrifices, of which Messiah, who here commissions Isaiah, was in His death to be the antitype: it is implied hereby that it is only by sacrifice sin can be pardoned.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 6:1-8

The vision which Isaiah beheld in the temple. (Is. 6:1-8) The Lord declares the blindness to come upon the Jewish nation, and the destruction which would follow. (Is. 6:9-13) Verses 1-8 In this figurative vision, the temple is thrown open to view, even to the most holy place. The prophet, standing outside the temple, sees the Divine Presence seated on the mercy-seat, raised over the ark of the covenant, between the…

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Isaiah 6:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּגַּ֣עvai.ya.Ga'and he made [it] touchH5060
עַל\־'al-<on>H5921
פִּ֔יPimouth myH6310
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
הִנֵּ֛הhi.Nehhere!H2009
נָגַ֥עna.Ga'it has touchedH5060
זֶ֖הzehthisH2088
עַל\־'al-<on>H5921
שְׂפָתֶ֑יךָse.fa.Tei.khalips yourH8193
וְסָ֣רve.Sarand it will be removedH5493
עֲוֹנֶ֔ךָ'a.vo.Ne.khainiquity yourH5771
וְחַטָּאתְךָ֖ve.cha.ta.te.Khaand sin yourH2403
תְּכֻפָּֽר\׃te.khu.Parit will be atoned forH3722

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 6:7

  • Jeremiah 1:9

    Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

  • 1 John 1:7

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

  • Daniel 10:16

    And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

  • Matthew 9:2

    And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

  • Isaiah 53:5

    But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

  • Hebrews 9:13-14

    For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  • 1 John 2:1-2

    My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he laid it upon. Heb. caused it to touch.
Jer 1:9; Da 10:16
thine iniquity.
43:25; 53:5,10; Mt 9:2; Heb 9:13,14; 1Jo 1:7; 2:1,2

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Context

  • Isaiah 6:6

    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:

  • Isaiah 6:7

    And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

  • Isaiah 6:8

    Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

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Isaiah 6:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tocando con él sobre mi boca, dijo: He aquí que esto tocó tus labios, y es quitada tu culpa, y limpio tu pecado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il en toucha ma bouche, et dit: Voici, ceci a touché tes lèvres; et ton iniquité est ôtée, et propitiation est faite pour ton péché.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er berührte meinen Mund damit und sprach: Siehe, dieses hat deine Lippen berührt; und so ist deine Ungerechtigkeit gewichen und deine Sünde gesühnt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et tetigit os meum, et dixit: Ecce tetigit hoc labia tua, et auferetur iniquitas tua, et peccatum tuum mundabitur.