Genesis 11:7
Hebrew Bible
6 And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.” 8 So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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Isaiah 6:8
Hebrew Bible
6 But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs. 7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.” 8 I heard the voice of the Lord say, “Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” I answered, “Here I am, send me!” 9 He said, “Go and tell these people: “‘Listen continually, but don’t understand. Look continually, but don’t perceive.’
Date: 7th-5th Centuries B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... Isaiah's cleansing prepares him to lead the people in a proper response to the rule of YHWH. Those who would accept Isaiah's message are those who are fit to participate in the new era God has inaugurated. That he is promised an audience composed of imperceptive people who lack understanding and who have hard hearts, dull ears and dim eyes indicates that the people are not yet prepared to give up the old way for the new (6:9-10). That he is called to make the people such, indicates that God does not desire their repentance. The time has come for an avenging of the covenant infidelities and YHWH does not wish the repentance of this people to interfere with his plan. Verse 8 marks an important event in the vision for our interest. In this verse the voice of the Lord is heard to call for mission volunteers. The plural form of address "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" is indicative of addresses to the divine council and parallels similar occurrences of first person plural address in Genesis 1:26, 3:22, and 11:7 ... Isaiah's commission is not only to declare but in some measure, to effect the decision of the council ..."
McGinn, Andrew Russell
The Divine Council and Israelite Monotheism
(pp. 104-105) McMaster University, 2005
* The use of references are not endorsements of their contents. Please read the entirety of the provided reference(s) to understand the author's full intentions regarding the use of these texts.
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