Isaiah 6:7-13 - Preach Boldly ... Expect Crickets - 314

“Here I am, send me” might be the most quoted line from Isaiah, but we don’t always slow down long enough to read what comes next. We finish Isaiah 6:7-13 by sitting in the aftermath of Isaiah’s cleansing, hearing God’s call, and then facing the sobering reality that Isaiah is sent to people who will listen without understanding and see without perceiving.

We walk verse by verse through the coal from the altar, touching Isaiah’s lips, and connect that picture of atonement to the New Covenant promise of Hebrews 10:10: Jesus Christ offered once for all. That connection helps make sense of Old Testament sacrifice imagery, guilt, forgiveness, and sanctification, and it reminds us that God doesn’t send us out to speak for him without first dealing with what’s going on in us.

Then we tackle the hard part of the commission: spiritual hardening, judgment that leads to desolation and exile, and Isaiah’s honest question, “How long, O Lord?” Even there, God leaves a thread of hope. Isaiah 6 ends with stump-and-seed language, a remnant preserved through fire, pointing forward to restoration and, ultimately, the Messiah Christians see fulfilled in Jesus. If you’ve ever wondered what faithfulness looks like when results are slow or rejection is loud, this chapter has something to say.

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Why God Sends Unheard Prophets

Daniel Moore 0:07

So God sends a prophet to warn Judah, perform miracles, and call them back to him, and their response was basically, nah, we're good. That's a bold strategy. How's that working out for you? And when God keeps sending prophets and they keep ignoring them, at what point do they realize the problem might not be the prophets? This week, as we continue Isaiah chapter 6, Isaiah has just had one of the most jaw-dropping worship services in history. Seraphim flying around, the temple shaking, and a live colt touching his lips for purification. Now that's not exactly your average Sunday morning. After being cleansed, Isaiah famously says, Here am I, send me. And doesn't that sound incredibly heroic? Well, it might until God explains the job description. Isaiah's mission is essentially to preach to people who are going to ignore him. That's not exactly the kind of ministry success story you'd put on a conference brochure. This passage this week pulls back the curtain on the sobering truth about the human heart. Sometimes people don't ignore God because they didn't hear him, they ignore him because they don't want to hear him. Isaiah is sent to a nation that will keep listening but never really understand. They keep seeing, but they never really perceive. It's a passage that's both heavy and oddly encouraging, because it reminds us that faithfulness to God isn't measured by applause, popularity, or how many people nod along. Sometimes the call of God is simply to speak the truth clearly, even when the crowd would rather change the channel. Well this week on Connecting the Gap, we're diving into Isaiah's tough assignment, what it reveals about stubborn hearts, and why God still sends messengers even when people plug their ears. And we'll try to keep the fiery cold to the mini moment. Let's get to it. Welcome to Connecting the Gap. This is a podcast about marriage, Bible, and book studies, and we interview people to have a story. I'm Daniel Moore, your host. Thank you guys for joining us this week. If you're not familiar with our show, check out our website at connectingthegap.net for our platforms. Our YouTube and Rumble links are there. We're also on the Christian podcasting app at Edifi. We're also on your Alexa and Google Smart devices. You can also visit us on social on Facebook, Instagram, and X at CTGapOnline. If you're a fan of our show, please subscribe and free leave a comment on our platforms. Give us a thumbs up for five-star review and Apple Podcasts, and we'd be thankful to you for doing that. Also, please share these episodes to people that may want to jump in on this Isaiah Bible study as we continue our verse-by-verse study through the book of Isaiah. This week we are going to finish up chapter six. There's only, I think, six verses left in this chapter, uh, roughly, to go ahead and go through. So this might be a little bit shorter episode today. We'll see how this goes. Uh, but we want to go ahead and finish up uh chapter six this week, and then next week we can go ahead and jump into chapter seven as we continue our verse-by-verse study in Isaiah. As we get started this week, let's go ahead and read our text. And our text this week obviously comes from the ESV version of the Bible. Isaiah chapter 6, verses 7 through 13. It says, And he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sin is atoned for. And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? Then I said, Here I am, send me. And he said, Go and say to this people, Keep on hearing, but do not understand, keep on seeing, but do not perceive. Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed. Then I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until cities lie waste, without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste, and the Lord removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled. The holy seed is its stump. That's Isaiah chapter 6, verses 7 through 13, which is what we will go through this week here on this week's episode. As we get started, I'm going to go ahead and backtrack one verse. We had just reached the point here in this chapter where he's talking about the coal, where Isaiah had admitted that he was a sinful man with sinful lips, and he didn't feel like that he was worthy to be in the presence of God because of his sinful nature. So as we look back here to verse six in this chapter, we see that a seraphim flew to him, and he had in his hand a burning coal, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. In verse 7, we pick up there, it says, And he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for. So as we get started this week, this verse here marks the moment of Isaiah's cleansing. His mouth, the source of his confession and being unclean, is now purified. The word your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for echo the Day of Atonement themes in Leviticus sixteen. The action here suggests not only forgiveness, but also a commissioning, preparing Isaiah to speak on God's behalf. Theologically, this purification by fire points toward the new covenant understanding of Christ, purifying our hearts and lips through his sacrifice, as you can see in Hebrews chapter ten, verse ten. And I do want to jump over there to that passage in Scripture and let's take a look at that real quick before we continue on with the text for this week here on this study. So as we look at Hebrews chapter ten, verse ten, we read, and by that we will have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. So that verse that we're talking about here in Hebrews encapsulates the heart of the new covenant, contrasting the repeated, insufficient animal sacrifices of the old covenant with the singular perfect sacrifice of Christ. Now if you remember, under the old system, as described in Hebrews 10, verses 1 through 4, offerings could never fully remove sin or perfect the worshiper, serving only as shadows of the reality to come. The new covenant, however, prophesied in Jeremiah 31, verses 31 and 34, and Ezekiel 36, 26 and 27, brings definitive forgiveness, heart transformation and sanctification, setting believers apart as holy unto God, and this happened through Christ's obedience to the Father's will, culminating in his body's offering on the cross. This once for all efficacy means no further sacrifice is needed. Believers are perfected forever in positional holiness before God, as elaborated by scholars like FF Bruce and his commentary on Hebrews. This new covenant reality intersects in an awesome way with Isaiah chapter six here in verse seven. It says, And he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for. Well in Isaiah's vision of God's throne, the prophet confesses his uncleanness, that happened back here in verse five, and then a seraphim applies a burning coal from the altar to his lips, that symbolized substitutionary atonement. The coal, drawn from the altar of incense or sacrifice, represents the transfer of guilt removing fire, foreshadowing the Lamb of God who takes away sin. The Hebrew terms here, chitah, which is sin, and Kephar, which is atoned for, from the root meaning to cover or propitiate, point to judicial pardon and cleansing, enabling Isaiah's commission. The intersection here lies in typology. Isaiah 6 verse 7 prefigures the new covenant fulfillment in Hebrews 10 10. The temporary external cleansing of Isaiah's lips by altar coal anticipates the eternal, internal purification by Christ's blood, as Hebrews 9 13 and 14 contrast. Just as the coal bore the altar's atoning merit to remove guilt, Christ's body offered once for all, bears the full penalty of sin, sanctifying believers completely. Evangelical theologians like John Owen note this as divine mercy bridging old and new covenants, where Christ's sacrifice achieves what the old shadows could only hint at, which is total remission or a thesis, and dedication to God. Thus the new covenant proclaims that every believer, like Isaiah, experiences guilt taken away, not by works or repetition, but by the Savior's finished work, empowering holy service. So here as we're talking here in verse 7, it's interesting how so many things are symbolic in the Bible, and how here this coal that is touching Isaiah's lips, it actually represents something similar to what the animal sacrifices were doing. Whenever those were being sacrificed, uh they would take the sins and put those upon the animal, and then sacrificing that animal would then transfer those sins. Now, those sins, as it says, were not completely gone, they were not completely eradicated, because only the blood of Jesus Christ could ever do that. But that was their way of showing their repentance to God and their way of asking forgiveness. So here Isaiah is talking about his lips being unclean and the guilt of sin that he has with this within his own self. And this seraphim brings this coal, which again is has the symbolicness of fire added to it. We see a repetitive thing that keeps happening here with this fire because fire is purifying, as we've talked about here in the last few weeks. And we see here in verse 7 that this coal touches Isaiah's lips, and that transferred that guilt to that coal, and his sin was atoned for. So now Isaiah was actually in a position where he could be commissioned to go spread the gospel for Christ and have actually some clout where people should actually listen to him. John Oswald, in his commentary on Isaiah in Isaiah, notes that God's grace prepares the prophet for service, reaffirming that divine commissioning follows divine cleansing. We should never really go out and try to minister to other people and try to get them to come to the ways of Christ and maybe call out the wrongs in their lives if we have those own things in our own lives. That's something that we really should, you know, keep in mind. If we're going to be out there speaking for the Lord and trying to win others to Christ, then we need to be a living example of what we're trying to do when we're doing that. So we need to make sure we have our lives right with Christ, and that's what Isaiah was trying to make sure was going to happen here. As we move on to verse 8, it says, And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? Then I said, Here I am, send me. Now I don't know if you caught one little word in the scripture or not, but you'll notice here that when Isaiah was speaking to the Lord, and when the Lord spoke back to Isaiah, the Lord spoke back in plural. He says, Who will go for us instead of who will go for me? Well, here's what that means. Here's what's going on in the scripture. Here God speaks to the heavenly council. And we can backtrack to Genesis chapter one, verse twenty-six, and see another place where that council was actually activated. And let's look at that real quick. In Genesis 126, it says, Then God said, Let us make man in our image after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. And then, again here in Isaiah 6, verse 8, it's referred to again. This is ref the divine heavenly counsel reflecting divine deliberation. The plural us has inspired much theological discussion. Some interpret it as a reference to the Trinity, others to the divine court of angels. The question is not directed specifically at Isaiah, but he responds eagerly, showing transformation after his cleansing. He's had this coal put upon his lips, he feels like he's a cleansed person and he's ready to go. So his response is, Here I am, send me. That reflects in Isaiah a readiness, obedience, and surrender, which is what we should always have after we go through that cleansing process with Christ. Historically, this moment parallels the calling of prophets like Moses in Exodus 3 and Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1, who initially resisted God's call, in contrast to Isaiah's enthusiastic acceptance. The context of Isaiah's mission, as seen in these verses that follow, is to a people who will largely reject the message. And that's a difficult calling. It's confirming his bold commitment to serve God's purpose, because when people aren't listening, we don't want to keep trying to track them down and make them listen. We just want to say, forget you, I'm leaving. Well, the concept of God's divine counsel appears in various places throughout the Bible and refers to a heavenly assembly or gathering of spiritual beings who surround God and carry out aspects of his divine will. This idea is rooted in ancient Near Eastern context where kings often held court with advisors. And the biblical portrayal adapts this imagery to describe God's sovereign rule and governance over creation, with the participation of lesser divine beings. One of the most prominent references is found in Psalm 82 1, which says, God has taken his place in the divine council, in the midst of the gods he holds judgment. Well, here the term gods, or in Hebrew Elohim, has been understood by many scholars to refer to spiritual beings or angelic entities, not rival deities, emphasizing Yahweh's supremacy even among the heavenly hosts. Similarly, Job 1 6 and 2 1 describe the sons of God presenting themselves before the Lord, where Satan also appears, indicating a heavenly court scenario where decisions or declarations concerning affairs of earth are made. Another key passage is 1 Kings 22 19 and 22, where the prophet Mekai details a vision of God sitting on his throne with all the host of heaven standing around him. In this scene, God consults the counsel regarding how to bring judgment upon King Ahab, and a spirit offers to become a lying spirit in the mouths of the prophets. This portrayal emphasizes God's control and authority, while also illustrating that divine agents carry out his decrees. The divine counsel concept is not polytheistic, but it reflects a hierarchy within God's spiritual realm. While God is utterly unique and sovereign, he sovereignly chooses to involve other heavenly beings in his governance, delegating tasks while retaining full authority. Scholars like Michael Heiser argue that this view does not undermine monotheism, but instead enriches it by showing how God rules over both the seen and the unseen realms with order and purpose. Understanding the divine counsel also gives deeper insight into passages like Isaiah 6, verse 8, where God says he will go for us. So here in this scripture, the plural language reflects the presence of the divine assembly and God's engagement with it. In the New Testament, some echoes of this theme appear, although with more emphasis on Christ's authority over all powers and principalities, as seen in Colossians chapter 1, verse 16 and Ephesians 6, verse 12. Overall, the divine counsel helps us grasp the majesty and the complexity of God's rule and the unseen spiritual dynamics found throughout Scripture. So I think it's always really cool to see these little snippets in Scripture that we often just read right over and don't really think into what was just said. And I think that's really neat there. And I just wanted to bring that out. So we're going to go ahead now and move to verse 9 in chapter 6. It says, And he said, Go and say to this people, keep on hearing, but do not understand, keep on seeing, but do not perceive. This verse here marks the beginning of Isaiah's prophetic commission following his vision of God's holiness in the temple, which we saw in Isaiah verses 1 through 8 here in chapter 6. God commands Isaiah to deliver a message to the people of Judah that ironically describes their spiritual blindness and deafness. But rather than calling the people to repentance directly, God tells Isaiah to announce that they will continue to hear and see, but without comprehension or insight. This passage here is often referred to as a judgment oracle. Scholars such as Alec Mulcher in the prophecy of Isaiah observes that this is not just a prediction of the people's reaction, it's actually a divinely ordained judgment. God is giving the people over to their own stubbornness. John Oswald also notes in his commentary that this is a typical prophetic pattern in ancient Israel, where the messenger's task itself becomes a vehicle of judgment. The redundancy of their senses, hearing and seeing, underscores the gravity of their spiritual state. Historically, this reflects the moral and spiritual decline in Judah during the eighth century BC under kings like Uzziah and Ahaz. Their religiosity had become superficial, and their political alliances had replaced trust in God. Verse 10 says, Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed. This verse here continues the theme of the previous verse of this judicial hardening. The language here is intentionally paradoxical and shocking. Isaiah is told to preach in a way that results in the dulling of people's hearts. The Hebrew word for dull implies fattening or making unresponsive. The command is deliberately ironic and portrays the inevitable outcome of God's judgment, which is their inability to respond. The phrase lest they turn and be healed reveals that God is withholding healing as a matter of justice. Gary V. Smith in his commentary notes that this represents God's decision to allow the people to follow their persistent rebellion to its natural conclusion. These words are quoted several times in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 13, 14 and 15, John 12 40, and Acts 28, 26 and 27, indicating the ongoing relevance of this prophecy and explaining why people rejected God's message through Jesus. In context, Isaiah is warning Judah that their disregard of God's covenant will not be without consequence, spiritual indifference will become spiritual blindness. Reverend Childs understands this as Isaiah participating both in the announcement and the execution of divine judgment. Verse 11 Then I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste. Isaiah here, deeply disturbed by the commission's severity, asked how long that this hardening is going to last. This is actually a prophetic lament, as seen also in other prophetic books like Habakkuk and Jeremiah. The answer he receives is grim. The judgment will persist until the land is utterly devastated. Historically, this refers to the consequences of covenant disobedience, military invasions first by Assyria and then Babylon, exile, and then gradually leading to national ruin. The desolation of the land foreshadows the Babylonian captivity that began in 586 BC. The phrase city lie waste echoes covenant curses from Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28. John Oswald notes that the extremity of this answer not only clarifies the seriousness of Judah's sin, but also assures that divine patience would end in decisive judgment. Isaiah is told that the people's hearts are going to remain hardened until national catastrophe. And this statement here actually sets the tone for much of the rest of the book. As we move on to verse twelve, it says, And the Lord removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. The judgment here culminates with exile, the removal of the people from the land. The phrase removes people far away is a clear reference to forced deportation, which was very typical in that day of Assyrian and Babylonian invasions. This verse here reinforces the covenantal backdrop, being removed from the land symbolized broken relationship with God. According to the covenant in Deuteronomy, exile was the ultimate punishment for persistent disobedience. You can see that in Deuteronomy twenty eight, verse sixty-four. The forsaken places signify utter abandonment and the eerie silence of a ruined homeland. Scholars like Barry Webb interpret this passage as a theological explanation for Israel's exile. It was not failure on God's part, but it was fulfillment of his just judgment. Yet it also prepares the way for future hope hinted at in Isaiah 6, verse 13, which we're going to read here in a minute, where it mentions a stump remains, suggesting that judgment will not be the end of the story. And as we move into the final verse here in this week's episode, we look at verse 13. It says, And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled. The holy seed is its stump. So what does this verse mean? Well, this final verse in chapter six offers a glimmer of hope after a series of grim pronouncements. It completes the dialogue between God and Isaiah following his commission in the temple. The overall theme has been one of judgment and spiritual hardening, culminating in national devastation, as we saw in verses nine through twelve in this chapter. However, here in Isaiah six thirteen it introduces the idea of a faithful remnant and the future hope of restoration. It says though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again. This phrase indicates that even after God's initial judgment, more purging is to come. Historically, scholars like John Oswalt, in his Isaiah NIV application commentary and Brever Childs, in his Isaiah a commentary from two thousand one, interprets this as a reference to the multiple phases of judgment that the people of Judah would experience. After the Assyrian invasion in the eighth century BC, a remnant survived, and then came the Babylonian destruction in the sixth century BC. This verse suggests that surviving the first calamity does not exempt them from further refining judgment. The burning again metaphor conveys an image of intense purification, a process through which Israel is repeatedly reduced but not utterly destroyed. Old Testament covenant theology emphasizes this principle of the remnant. Alec Mulcher remarks in his commentary The Prophecy of Isaiah that a remnant theology is central to Isaiah's vision, severe judgment gives way to a purified people. As we get towards the end of that verse, we see this line, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled. Well here Isaiah uses imagery from nature. The terebinth and the oak, both strong and long-living trees, when cut down, leave a stump that can regrow. The stump represents the enduring core of Israel. Despite destruction, something vital and living remains. In ancient Near Eastern agricultural image, the tree stump was often a symbol of hope after loss, implying potential regeneration. Brever Child sees this in this metaphor, a redundant theme in Isaiah where apparent devastation paves the way for divine renewal. He ties this symbolism forward into Isaiah 11, verse 1, which we'll get to eventually where it says there shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse. This is clearly messianic in Christian interpretation. The burned lifeless stump will sprout again, signaling a new beginning through God's chosen. And in the line there, the holy seed is its stump. This is a theological climax in Isaiah 6. The term holy seed is semantically dense. It refers to the small faithful remnant that survives God's judgment, those who are set apart for divine purpose. The word seed, or in Hebrew Zera, in the Old Testament, often carries covenantal connotations referring back to God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 12, verses 1-3 and Genesis 22, 18, where the offspring of Abraham were designated as the channel of blessing to all nations. Some scholars also interpret this phrase messianically. For example, Oswald and Mulcher suggests that the Holy See not only refers to Israel's faithful remnant, but ultimately finds its fulfillment in the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who arises from the stump and brings redemptive restoration after judgment. Christian theology sees this fulfilled in the New Covenant community birthed through Christ. So in a historical critical lens, the passage closes Isaiah's commissioning by stressing both the inevitability of judgment and the enduring hope of renewal. God's purpose is not merely to destroy, but to purify, to preserve a core that, though reduced, is holy and destined to become the basis for future restoration. So as we finished up chapter 6 this week, let's do a little wrap-up here of the chapter and then let's see how we can apply these scriptures today in this chapter to us. Here in chapter 6 is one of the most powerful and theologically rich passages in the book, offering a personal account of the prophet Isaiah's divine calling and commissioning as God's messenger to a rebellious people. The chapter begins with Isaiah's transcendent vision of the Lord seated on a throne exalted and surrounded by Seraphim, who declare his holiness. This vision occurs in the year that King Uzziah died, marking a time of national instability and leadership, transition in Judah. The contrast between the earthly king's death and the eternal king's sovereignty sets the theological tone for the chapter. Isaiah's immediate reaction to this heavenly vision is one of awe and overwhelming conviction of sin. Standing in the presence of a holy God, Isaiah cries out, Woe is me, for I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips. His experience reflects a universal truth. When confronted with God's holiness, human sinfulness is exposed. However, Isaiah is not left in despair. A seraph touches his lips with a coal from the altar, signifying his forgiveness and purification. This moment here is crucial. Isaiah's cleansing equips him to receive his calling. Following his cleansing, Isaiah hears the Lord ask, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Without hesitation, Isaiah volunteers saying, Here I am, send me. This famous verse portrays the ideal response of a willing servant, touched by grace and eager to serve, and gives the foundation for many, many future sermons on Mission Sunday at all of our churches. However, Isaiah's commission is surprisingly sobering. God instructs him to deliver a message that the people will not understand or accept. His task is to preach truth that will result in further hardening of the audience. This reflects a reality of prophetic ministry. Sometimes God's word brings judgment rather than immediate transformation. Isaiah is told that his message will not bring repentance, but will serve as a form of divine judgment. When he asks how long, O Lord, the answer is devastating. It's until cities lie in ruins and people are exiled. Yet this chapter does not end in hopelessness. Isaiah chapter six verse thirteen that we just went over introduces the image of a stump, a remnant that remains after the tree is cut down. It is this remnant called the holy seed that will be the foundation of future restoration. This small surviving group symbolizes hope and continuity pointing ahead to God's redemptive plan. So if we look at these verses here in chapter six, how can we apply them today in our lives? Well Isaiah six speaks both to the individual faith and the broader calling of the church in a broken world. Number one, there is a vision of God's holiness. The chapter here reminds us that true worship begins with a clear vision of who God is, holy, exalted, and sovereign. In times of uncertainty like the death of Uzziah, believers are called to fix their eyes on the throne of God. Secondly, there's the acknowledgement of sin. Isaiah's confession shows that encountering God's holiness leads to self examination. It is only when we recognize our unworthiness that we are ready for cleansing and service. In our personal lives we are reminded to live with humility and openness to God's refining work. And then there's the call to serve. Isaiah's immediate here I am send me invites believers to a life of mission and obedience. God still seeks those who are willing to speak his truth, even when it is not popular or well received. Like Isaiah, we may be called to serve in difficult contexts where the message of the gospel is met with resistance. Then we have to remember that we need faithfulness over results. Isaiah's ministry was not measured by visible success, but by faithful proclamation. We are reminded that obedience to God's call does not always lead to immediate fruit, but can still be part of his larger plan. In an age addicted to results and recognition, Isaiah's ministry urges patience and steadfastness. And finally, we can rest assured that there's hope beyond judgment. The chapter ends with a promise, a remnant remains. God always preserves a people for himself. This points ultimately to the Messiah who would emerge from the stump of Jesse. Today, we hold on to hope that no matter how dark the cultural or spiritual climate becomes, God's redemptive plan continues. The Holy Seed reminds us that from brokenness, God brings renewal. So as we conclude Isaiah chapter 6 this week, it's not only the story of a prophet's call, but a timeless pattern of how God purifies, commissions, and uses his people for his purposes. It teaches us to see God rightly, acknowledge our brokenness, embrace our calling, and trust in his sovereign plan, even when the results are not what we expect. Well, that's going to wrap up this week's episode, and it's also going to wrap up chapter six here on our verse-by-verse study in Isaiah. Next week, when we come back, we'll go ahead and pick up with chapter seven and continue this study. Don't forget you can visit our website at connectingthegap.net to learn more about our ministry. You can also reach out to us there with the form or email us at Daniel at connectingthegap.net. We'd love to hear from you. Maybe if you have some input you can put into this as well. This is an awesome chapter. I've heard sermon after sermon preached out of this chapter, and I'm sure you have as well. And if you've got anything to add to that story, we'd love to hear it. Well, we're going to go ahead and call it good for this week. We believe that God's word never fails us. God's word has stood the test of time, and through Jesus' death on the cross, he has connected the gap. 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