Jesaja 6:3

Schlachter Bibel

Und einer rief dem andern zu und sprach: Heilig, heilig, heilig ist der Herr der Heerscharen; die ganze Erde ist voll seiner Herrlichkeit.

Parallel Translations

Lutherbible (1912)
Und einer rief zum andern und sprach: Heilig, heilig, heilig ist der HERR Zebaoth; alle Lande sind seiner Ehre voll!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

one cried unto another: Heb. this cried to this, Exodus 15:20, Exodus 15:21, Ezra 3:11, Psalms 24:7-10

Holy: Exodus 15:11, Revelation 4:8, Revelation 4:9, Revelation 15:3, Revelation 15:4

the whole earth: etc. Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth, Isaiah 11:9, Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 24:16, Isaiah 40:5, Numbers 14:21, Psalms 19:1-3, Psalms 57:11, Psalms 72:19, Habakkuk 2:14, Zechariah 14:9, Ephesians 1:18

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:44 - ye shall Leviticus 19:2 - Ye shall Leviticus 20:26 - the Lord Joshua 24:19 - holy 1 Samuel 2:2 - none holy 1 Kings 18:15 - of hosts liveth 1 Kings 22:19 - all the host 1 Chronicles 16:29 - the glory Nehemiah 9:6 - the host Job 4:18 - he put Psalms 22:3 - But Psalms 24:10 - The Lord Psalms 30:4 - holiness Psalms 57:5 - thy glory Psalms 66:2 - General Psalms 84:1 - O Lord Psalms 97:6 - all the Psalms 99:3 - for it Psalms 99:9 - for the Psalms 103:1 - holy name Psalms 108:5 - thy glory Psalms 111:9 - holy Psalms 148:13 - for his name Proverbs 30:3 - the holy Isaiah 2:10 - for fear Isaiah 5:16 - God that is holy Isaiah 35:2 - they shall Isaiah 37:16 - Lord Isaiah 57:15 - whose Ezekiel 3:12 - Blessed Ezekiel 43:2 - the glory Ezekiel 43:5 - the glory Ezekiel 44:4 - the glory Daniel 4:17 - the holy Amos 9:1 - Smite Habakkuk 3:3 - and the earth Zechariah 3:4 - those Matthew 6:9 - Hallowed Luke 1:49 - and Luke 2:9 - and the Luke 2:13 - a multitude Luke 11:2 - Thy will Acts 7:2 - The God Ephesians 3:21 - be Hebrews 1:14 - ministering Hebrews 12:21 - Moses 1 Peter 1:15 - is Revelation 3:7 - he that is holy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And one cried unto another,.... This denotes the publicness of their ministry, and their harmony and unity in it; they answered to one another, and agreed in what they said; their preaching was not yea and nay, 2 Corinthians 1:19:

and said, holy, holy, holy [is] the Lord of hosts; this expresses the subject matter of the Gospel ministry, respecting the holiness of God; all the doctrines of the Gospel are pure and holy, and have a tendency to promote holiness of heart and life, and are agreeable to the holiness of God, and in them the holiness of God in each of the divine Persons is declared; particularly the Gospel ministry affirms that there is one God, who is the Lord of hosts, of armies above and below, of angels and men; that there are three Persons in the Godhead, Father, Son, and Spirit; and that each of these three are glorious in holiness; there is the Holy Father, and the Holy Son, and the Holy Ghost, and the holiness of them is displayed in each of the doctrines of grace: the holiness of the Father appears in the choice of persons to eternal life, through sanctification of the Spirit; in the covenant of grace, which provides for the holiness of covenant ones; and in the justification of his people through Christ, and redemption by him, whereby the honour of his justice and holiness is secured: the holiness of the Son appears in his incarnation and life; in redemption from sin by him, and in satisfying for it, and justifying from it: and the holiness of the Spirit is seen in the doctrines of regeneration and sanctification, ascribed unto him.

The whole earth [is] full of his glory; as it was when Christ dwelt in it, wrought his miracles, and manifested forth his glory, and when his Gospel was preached everywhere by his apostles; and as it will be, more especially in the latter day, when it will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord; when the kingdoms of this world will become his, and his kingdom will be everywhere, even from sea to sea, and from the rivers to the ends of the earth; and this is what Gospel ministers declare will be: or "the fulness of the whole earth is his glory" m; the earth is his, and all that is in it, and all declare his glory; see Revelation 4:8.

m מלא כל הארץ כבודו "plenitudo totius terrae gloria ejus", Montanus; "quicquid replet terram [est] gloria ejus", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And one cried to another - Hebrew ‘This cried to this.’ That is, they cried to each other in alternate responses. One cried ‘holy;’ the second repeated it; then the third; and then they probably united in the grand chorus, ‘Full is all the earth of his glory.’ This was an ancient mode of singing or recitative among the Hebrews; see Exodus 15:20-21, where Miriam is represented as going before in the dance with a timbrel, and the other females as following her, and “answering,” or responding to her, Psalms 136:1; compare Lowth, “on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews,” Lect. xix.

Holy, holy, holy - The “repetition” of a name, or of an expression, three times, was quite common among the Jews. Thus, in Jeremiah 7:4, the Jews are represented by the prophet as saying, ‘the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are these. Thus, Jeremiah 22:29 : ‘O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord;’ Ezekiel 21:27 : ‘I will overturn, overturn, overturn;’ see also 1 Samuel 18:23 : ‘O my son Absalom! my son, my son;’ see also the repetition of the form of benediction among the Jews, Numbers 6:24-26 :

Jehovah bless thee and keep thee;

Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee,

And be gracious unto thee;

Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee,

And give thee peace.

In like manner, the number “seven” is used by the Hebrews to denote a great, indefinite number; then a full or complete number; and then perfectness, completion. Thus, in Revelation 1:4; Revelation 3:1; Revelation 4:5, the phrase, ‘the seven spirits of God,’ occurs as applicable to the Holy Spirit, denoting his fullness, completeness, perfection. The Hebrews usually expressed the superlative degree by the repetition of a word. Thus, Genesis 14:10 : ‘The vale of Siddim, pits, pits of of clay,’ that is, was full of pits; see Nordheimer’s “Heb. Gram.” Section 822-824. The form was used, therefore, among the Jews, to denote “emphasis;” and the expression means in itself no more than ‘thrice holy;’ that is, supremely holy. Most commentators, however, have supposed that there is here a reference to the doctrine of the Trinity. It is not probable that the Jews so understood it; but applying to the expressions the fuller revelations of the New Testament, it cannot be doubted that the words will express that. Assuming that that doctrine is true, it cannot be doubted, think, that the seraphs laid the foundation of their praise in that doctrine. That there was a distinct reference to the second person of the Trinity, is clear from what John says, John 12:41. No “argument” can be drawn directly from this in favor of the doctrine of the Trinity, for the repetition of such phrases thrice in other places, is merely “emphatic,” denoting the superlative degree. But when the doctrine is “proved” from other places, it may be presumed that the heavenly beings were apprized of it, and that the foundation of their ascriptions of praise was laid in that. The Chaldee has rendered this, ‘Holy in the highest heavens, the house of his majesty; holy upon the earth, the work of his power; holy forever, and ever, and ever, is the Lord of hosts.’ The whole expression is a most sublime ascription of praise to the living God, and should teach us in what manner to approach him.

The Lord of hosts - see the note at Isaiah 1:9.

The whole earth - Margin, ‘The earth is the fulness of his glory.’ All things which he has made on the earth express his glory. His wisdom and goodness, his power and holiness, are seen every where. The whole earth, with all its mountains, seas, streams, trees, animals, and people, lay the foundation of his praise. In accordance with this, the Psalmist, in a most beautiful composition, calls upon all things to praise him; see Psalms 148:1-14.

Praise the Lord from the earth,

Ye dragons, and all deeps:

Fire and hail; snow and vapors;

Stormy wind fulfilling his word:

Mountains, and all hills;

Fruitful trees, and all cedars;

Beasts, and all cattle;

Creeping things, and flying fowl.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 6:3. Holy, holy, holy — This hymn performed by the seraphim, divided into two choirs, the one singing responsively to the other, which Gregory Nazian., Carm. 18, very elegantly calls Συμφωνον, αντιφωνον, αγγελων στασιν, is formed upon the practice of alternate singing, which prevailed in the Jewish Church from the time of Moses, whose ode at the Red Sea was thus performed, (see Exodus 15:20-21,) to that of Ezra, under whom the priests and Levites sung alternately,

"O praise JEHOVAH, for he is gracious;

For his mercy endureth for ever;"

Ezra 3:11. See De Sac. Poes. Hebr. Prael. xix., at the beginning.