WHOSE VOICE DO YOU HEAR? 81
Let me give you an example. The voice that was heard
by the prophets was that of the Spirit—not the voice of the
Son or of the Father.
Isaiah talks about hearing the voice of the Lord saying
Go, and tell this people:
"Keep on hearing, but do not understand;Keep on seeing, but do not perceive."
Make the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,And shut their eyes;
Lest they see with their eyes,And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,And return and be healed. (Isa. 6:9-10)
But who was really speaking? Was it really the voice of
the Lord? Or was it the voice of Jehovah on earth—the
Holy Spirit? To find out, let's look at that same Scripture as
it was repeated in the book of Acts.
Paul, in Rome under the watchful eye of a guard,
preached that
The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to ourfathers, saying,
"Go to this people and say: 'Hearing you will hear,
and shall not understand; And seeing you will see, and notperceive; For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their (^)
ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lestthey should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their heart and turn, So that Ishould heal them.'" (Acts 28:25-27)
Who really spoke those words? What Isaiah attributed
to the Lord, Paul clarified as being spoken by the Holy
Spirit.
Remember that the New Testament explains the Old.
Here's another example. In Jeremiah we read: "But this is