Isaiah 6: 1 -- 9 represents the "call" of Isaiah, the Prophet. The reader is really not sure whether Isaiah was actually in the Temple when the seraphim came to him and, in a sense, anointed him and removed his sins, which would allow him to act upon the prophesies. Isaiah, so he says, volunteered to serve his God. "While other prophets have left an account of their call to prophecy (Amos 7:15, Jer. 1: 4-10, Ezek. 1 3-15) this is remarkable for its dramatic and majestic quality" (Herbert 1973 59). Isaiah surely was one of Israel's major prophets. This can be proven by the fact that "almost any introduction to the Hebrew Bible contains a mentionaof the Great Isaiah Scroll from the Dead Sea caves" (Handy 1997 32).
What is important about these verses is their universality. The fact that, before Isaiah, and afterwards, in the Old and New Testaments, in the Holy Quran and other religious works, there are examples of this "calling" - the forgiveness by God of human sins, and the desire and ability to go forth and preach the Holy Word.
Isaiah's writings are open to question as to whether they were written at that particular date in time, or whether there were various creators of some of the verses, especially since there were some events which are mentioned and which could not have happened at the time of Isaiah. As a matter of fact, there are historical rabbinical arguments that there was a second, even a third "Isaiah". It seems that "the theme of forgivenessais an essential component of salvation" (McKenzie, 1967, p. xi). And, if Isaiah's (whatever number of Isaiah's) message is one of forgiveness and salvation, does this not equate with Jesus' words of forgiveness and salvation on the cross: "Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:24). Regardless of who actually wrote the Isaiah verses, they represent a milestone from which future declarations of prophets and disciples stem. "Isaiah w...