Isaiah 6:8

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Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us?" And I said, "Here I am. Send me!"

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  • Exod 4:10-13 : 10 Moses said to the LORD, 'Pardon me, Lord, but I am not eloquent—neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.' 11 The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.' 13 But Moses said, 'Pardon me, Lord. Please send someone else.'
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  • Acts 26:16-17 : 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you: to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,
  • Deut 4:33-36 : 33 Has any people heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have heard, and lived? 34 Or has any god ever tried to take for himself a nation from within another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him. 36 From heaven He caused you to hear His voice to teach you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
  • Isa 65:1 : 1 I offered myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not call on my name.
  • Gen 1:26 : 26 Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'
  • Gen 3:8-9 : 8 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?' 10 He said, 'I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself.'
  • 1 Kgs 22:20 : 20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One suggested this, and another suggested that.
  • Acts 28:25-28 : 25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: 'The Holy Spirit was right in speaking to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:' 26 'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."' 27 For this people's heart has grown calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.' 28 Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!
  • Ezek 10:5 : 5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'
  • Matt 4:20-22 : 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and He called them. 22 And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
  • Acts 9:4 : 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
  • Ezek 1:24 : 24 When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of mighty waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings.
  • Gen 3:22 : 22 Then the LORD God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever—'
  • Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.

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    6Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! I do not know how to speak because I am too young.'

    7But the LORD said to me, 'Do not say, “I am too young.” You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.'

    8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,' declares the LORD.

    9Then the LORD reached out His hand and touched my mouth and said to me, 'Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.'

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  • Isa 6:3-7
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    3And they were calling to one another, "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!"

    4The foundations of the thresholds shook at the sound of the voices of those who called, and the temple was filled with smoke.

    5Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."

    6Then one of the seraphim flew to me. He had a glowing coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

    7He touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is removed, and your sin is atoned for."

  • Exod 4:12-13
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    12Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.'

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  • Ezek 3:22-23
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    22The hand of the LORD was upon me there, and He said to me, "Get up and go out to the valley, and I will speak to you there."

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  • Isa 48:15-16
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    15I, even I, have spoken; I have called him, I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.

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  • 1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and exalted throne, and the train of His robe filled the temple.

  • 9He said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You sent me to present your petition before Him.

  • Zech 6:8-9
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    8Then He called to me and said, 'Look, those going toward the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.'

    9The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the noise of a great rushing: "Blessed be the glory of the LORD from His place!"

  • 4When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, 'Moses, Moses!' And Moses replied, 'Here I am.'

  • 6For this is what the Lord said to me: 'Go, station a watchman, and let him report what he sees.'

  • 4Then he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them."

  • 15But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

  • 7When he turned and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'Here I am.'

  • 1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 14The Lord turned to him and said, 'Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?'

  • 4The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 8Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 16But Eli called to Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."

  • 8Elijah replied, "It is I. Go and tell your master, 'Elijah is here.'"

  • 6The LORD said to me, ‘Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Listen to the words of this covenant and do them.’

  • 3He said to me, 'You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my glory.'

  • 23He replied, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said.'

  • 10And the man standing among the myrtle trees said, 'These are the ones the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.'

  • 9Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing finger, and malicious talk.

  • 2As He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me, set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.

  • 6While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the house.

  • 14God replied to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: "I AM has sent me to you."'

  • 11But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'

  • 1Then the Lord said to me, "Take a large tablet and inscribe on it with an ordinary stylus: 'Swift to Plunder, Quick to Spoil.'"

  • 12Listen to Me, Jacob, and Israel, My called one: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

  • 4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:

  • 5The Sovereign LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn away.

  • 6Therefore my people will know my name; therefore on that day they will know that it is I who foretold this—here I am.

  • 8Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, 'Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and the land.'

  • 19Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as my dedicated one, or as blind as the servant of the LORD?

  • 4Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him: