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Isaiah 6:4

God's holiness

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.

3 And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 Then 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.”

6 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.

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BSB
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
KJV
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
WEB
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
ASV
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
DARBY
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
BLB
And the posts of the doors were shaken from the voice of the one calling, and the house was filled with smoke.
ÅB
Og tresklenes poster bevet ved de ropendes røst, og huset ble fylt med røyk.
OTB
Ved lyden av deres stemmer ristet tersklenes grunnvoller, og tempelet ble fylt med røyk.
B1930
Og tresklenes poster bevet ved de ropendes røst, og huset blev fylt med røk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

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  • Revelation 11:19

    Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:13–6:1

    The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

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  • Exodus 40:34

    Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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  • 1 Kings 8:10–12

    And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

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  • Ezekiel 10:5

    The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

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  • Amos 9:1

    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

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  • Psalms 18:8

    Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

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