What did Isaiah say to the people about hearing and understanding?
Scripture records Isaiah's Spirit-given message: 'Go to this people, and say, Hearing you shall hear, and not understand.' Isaiah declared that the people would hear words but not understand them, and Paul later applied this Old Testament warning to Jewish leaders in Rome who could not agree.
Les explains that Paul, speaking to the Jewish leaders in Rome, goes back to the Old Testament and quotes Isaiah. After these leaders disagreed among themselves and departed, Paul says the Holy Spirit spoke well through Isaiah. Isaiah knew what he was talking about when he was told to go to the people and say, 'Hearing you shall hear, and not understand.' The emphasis is on hearing the message without understanding it.
Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
What was the message God gave Isaiah to say to Israel about hearing and seeing?
God spoke through Isaiah the prophet to the fathers, saying: Go to this people, Israel, and say, Hearing you shall hear and not understand, and seeing you shall see and not perceive. Their hearts were waxed gross, ears dull of hearing, and eyes closed, lest they should see, hear, understand with the heart, be converted, and He should heal them.
What did the Holy Spirit tell Isaiah to say to the people?
The Holy Spirit, speaking by Isaiah in the Old Testament, told him to go to this people and say, "Hearing you shall hear, and not understand." Paul later cited this word to Jewish leaders in Rome after they disagreed among themselves, showing their spiritual failure to grasp the message.