Homilies on Isaiah, Homilia VI
Here am I; send me — bolder than Moses§1
1After the throne vision Isaiah answers Whom shall I send? — Here am I; send me. Moses had pleaded send someone else; Isaiah volunteers before he knows the hard word: hear and hear, but do not understand.
Latin · §1
Videns Isaias Dominum Sabaoth sedentem super thronum audivit: quem mittam? Ecce sum ego, mitte me. Verecundius Moyses: provide alium quem mittas. Isaias non exspectans quid iuberetur ait ecce ego; ideo iubetur dicere aure audietis et non intelligetis.
Why hearing without understanding§2
2Why see and not perceive; hear and not understand? A fat heart, dull ears, shut eyes — judgment that still aims at healing when they turn.
Latin · §2
Quae causa est audientem non intelligere et videntem non videre? Incrassatum cor, aures graves, oculi clausi — iudicium et misericordia Dei circa populum.
Shut eyes from harm; the Word heals§3
3Better to close the eyes lest we look on evil than to drink harmful talk. When we turn to God’s words, he sends his word and heals in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Latin · §3
Si futurum est ut aperiens oculos animae audiam turpiloquia, melius est claudere aditus. Quando videnda sunt eloquia Dei, convertimur et sanat nos Deus mittens verbum. Gloria Christo. Amen.