Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 6:2

2 Above it stood the Seraphims : each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face , and with twain he covered his feet , and with twain he did flie .

As Ministers attending upon their Lord, and waiting to receive and execute his Commands.

Certain holy and blessed Angels, thus called from fire and burning, which this Word properly signifies; to represent either, 1. their Nature, which is bright and glorious, subtil, and pure, and spiritual, like Fire; or, 2. their Property, of fervent Zeal for God's Service and Glory; or, 3▪ their Office and present Employment, which was to execute God's Vengeance upon the Iews, and to burn them up like Dross.

Out of profound Reverence, as being so sensible of the infinite distance between God and him▪ that he durst not presume to look directly upon him, and judg'd himself neither able nor worthy to behold the Brightness of his Glory.

Either, 1. his secret Parts, which sometimes come under that name, as Deut. 28. 57. Isa. 7. 20. & 36. 12. of which see more in my Latin Synopsis upon Exod. 4. 25. And so this is done for our [illegible: 1+ letters]nstruction, to teach us Modesty and Chastity: Or, 2. their Feet properly so called, as that Word is generally used; from which use we should not depart without necessity, which, with submission, seems not to be in this place. And so this may signifie a sence of their own natural, though not moral Infirmity, and a desire that God would not too severely examine all their Ways and Actions, which the feet commonly signifie, because though they did not swerve from God's Commands, yet they were not worthy of the acceptation, nor suitable to the Dignity of so glorious a Majesty.

Which signifies their great forwardness and expedition in executing God's Commands. Comp. Dan. 9. [illegible: 1+ letters]1.

Marginal references: Ezek. 1. 11.