In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Died. Either a natural ( Calmet.) or a civil death, by means of the leprosy. Chal. Tostat. 7.—This and the former chapters relate to the commencement of Joathan’s reign, whether before or after the death of Ozias. Calmet.—Many think that this was the first prediction of Isaias. Orig. Saint Jerome ad Dam.—I saw. By a prophetic vision, as if I had been present at the dedication of the temple. 3 Kennicott. 8:10. Calmet.—Lord. Not the Father, as some have asserted, but the Son. John 12:40. Saint Jerome ad Dam. Calmet.—Neither Moses nor any other saw the substance of God; but only a shadow. Yet Manasses hence took a pretext to have Isaias slain. Orig. Saint Jerome Trad. Paral. Worthington.