One cried unto another; singing in consort the praises of their Lord. Holy, holy, holy: this is repeated thrice, either,
1. To intimate the Trinity of persons united in the Divine essence; or,
2. That he was most eminently and unquestionably holy in his present work of judgment, and in all his ways; such repetitions being very frequent in Scripture, for the greater assurance of the thing, as Jeremiah 7:4 Ezekiel 21:9. The whole earth; not only Canaan, to which the Jews did vainly and arrogantly confine the presence of God, but all the world; which seems to have a respect to the conversion of the Gentiles, which did accompany the plenary and last execution of this judgment here threatened against the Jewish nation, Isaiah 6:10, as is evident by comparing this with Matthew 13:14,15 Ac 28:26,27, and other places of the New Testament. Full of his glory; of the effects and demonstrations of his glorious holiness, as well as of his power, and wisdom, and goodness.