# Isaiah 6:5

> Then I said:
“Woe is me,
for I am ruined,
because I am a man of unclean lips
dwelling among a people of unclean lips;
for my eyes have seen the King,
the LORD of Hosts.”

— Isaiah 6:5, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. 740 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Isaiah 6:1 dates the vision by the year that King Uzziah died, dated to around 740 BC by the chronology of the kings of Judah.

## Who ruled

- **Tiglath-pileser III**, king of Assyria, 745-727 BC · Source: Assyrian annals from Calah; the Assyrian king lists, which are dated year by year
- **Uzziah**, king of Judah, 792-740 BC · Source: 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 6:1, which dates the vision by the year of his death

## See also

- Luke 5:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/5/8
- James 3:6-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/3/6
- Jeremiah 1:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/6
- Jeremiah 9:3-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/9/3
- Matthew 12:34-37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/12/34
- Exodus 6:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/6/30
- Exodus 4:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/4/10
- Isaiah 29:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/29/13

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).