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Isaiah 6 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 6:3-4,7, 9-13.
Special concepts in this chapter
Heaven
This vision described in this chapter is probably a scene in heaven. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven)
Isaiah's call
This chapter record Isaiah's call to prophetic ministry. It recognizes the holiness of God and Isaiah recognizes his need for holiness. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy)
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
Inevitability
The way Yahweh speaks in this chapter shows the inevitability of the punishment of Yahweh against the people of Judah. The punishment must now come. It is too late for repentance. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent)