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Isaiah 6:6

The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 6:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

A live coal; or, a glowing stone, as Gesenius, Rosenmüller, Knobel, and Mr. Cheyne understand. The tongs … the altar. The presence of an altar in the heavenly dwelling, with the usual appurtenances, is assumed (comp.

; ). The altar is, no doubt, an altar of incense, and of gold, not of stone; but the incense is burnt upon stones heated to a glow, and it is one of these stones which the angel takes with the golden tongs of the sanctuary ().

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