Isaiah Chapter 6

“In the year that King Uzziah died, &c.] Which was the fifty second year of his reign, and in the year 3246 from the creation of the world; and, according to Jeromf108, was the year in which Romulus, the founder of the Roman empire, was born: some understand this not of his proper death, but of his being stricken with leprosy, upon his attempt to burn incense in the temple; upon which he was shut up in a separate house, which was a kind of a civil death: so the Targum, “in the year in which King Uzziah was smitten;” that is, with leprosy; and so Jarchi and others interpret it, from the ancient writers; but the…”

“VISION OF JEHOVAH IN HIS TEMPLE. (Isa 6:1-13) In . . . year . . . Uzziah died--Either literal death, or civil when he ceased as a leper to exercise his functions as king [Chaldee], (Ch2 26:19-21). 754 B.C. [CALMET] 758 (Common Chronology). This is not the first beginning of Isaiah's prophecies, but his inauguration to a higher degree of the prophetic office: Isa 6:9, &c., implies the tone of one who had already experience of the people's obstinacy. Lord--here Adonai, Jehovah in Isa 6:5; Jesus Christ is meant as speaking in Isa 6:10, according to Joh 12:41. Isaiah could only have "seen" the Son, not the divine…”

“In the year - This naturally denotes a period after the death of Uzziah, though in the same year. The mention of the time was evidently made when the prophecy was composed, and it is to be presumed that the death of Uzziah had occurred at the time when the prophet saw this vision. If so, it is clear that this was not the first of his prophecies, for he saw his visions ‘in the days of Uzziah;’ Isaiah 1:1. The Chaldee, however, reads this: ‘in the year when Uzziah was smitten with the leprosy;’ and most of the Jewish commentators so understand it; 2 Chronicles 26:19-20. The rabbis say that the meaning is, that he…”

“I saw - In a vision. The Lord - The Divine Majesty as he subsisteth in three persons. His train - His royal and judicial robe; for he is represented as a judge. Isaiah 6:2”

“6:1-13 Isaiah’s marvelous vision of God as King on his throne served as a pivotal event in the life of the prophet. The historical circumstances surrounding this event can be interpreted in two ways: (1) Some see ch 6 as Isaiah’s original call to ministry, meaning that chs 1–5 and 7–12 fit into the reign of Ahaz, who came to rule after the death of Uzziah (6:1). If this were so, why was Isaiah’s call not at the beginning of the book? Perhaps his call was put in ch 6 for literary reasons, serving as a conclusion to chs 1–5 and an introduction to chs 7–12. The prophet’s own transformation and commissioning…”

“am 3245, bc 759 the year: Kg2 15:7, Azariah, Ch2 26:22, Ch2 26:23 I saw also: Exo 24:10, Exo 24:11; Num 12:8; Eze 1:1, Eze 1:25-28; Joh 1:18, Joh 12:41; Ti1 6:16 sitting: Isa 66:1; Kg1 22:19; Eze 10:1; Dan 7:9; Mat 25:31; Rev 3:21, Rev 4:2, Rev 4:10, Rev 5:1, Rev 5:7; Rev 6:16, Rev 7:15-17 high: Isa 12:4, Isa 57:15; Psa 46:10, Psa 108:5, Psa 113:5; Eph 1:20, Eph 1:21 his train: or, the skirts thereof filled: Kg1 8:10, Kg1 8:11; Rev 15:8 Isaiah 6:2”

“The time of the occurrence here described, viz., "the year that king Uzziah (Uzı̄yahu) died," was of importance to the prophet. The statement itself, in the naked form in which it is here introduced, is much more emphatic than if it commenced with "it came to pass" (vay'hi; cf., Exo 16:6; Pro 24:17). It was the year of Uzziah's death, not the first year of Jotham's reign; that is to say, Uzziah was still reigning, although his death was near at hand. If this is the sense in which the words are to be understood, then, even if the chapter before us contains an account of Isaiah's first call, the heading to chapter…”