Text: Isaiah 6:8
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 3:22
Subject: Divine Plural Pronouns
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both Genesis 3:22 and Isaiah 6:8 employ the distinctive divine plural: "the man has become like one of Us (מִמֶּנּוּ, mimmennu)" in Genesis, and "Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us (לָנוּ, lanu)?" in Isaiah. This rare grammatical phenomenon — God speaking in the first person plural — also appears in Genesis 1:26 and 11:7, creating a pattern of divine self-deliberation at critical junctures. The contexts differ sharply: in Genesis 3:22 the plural accompanies judgment (expulsion from Eden), while in Isaiah 6:8 it accompanies commissioning (sending a prophet). Yet both passages reveal a heavenly council scene where God deliberates before acting decisively in human history, with Isaiah's temple vision providing the fullest portrait of the divine assembly implied by the Genesis plurals.