6974. 'And do not hear your voice' means if they show no sign of obedience either. This is clear from the meaning of 'hearing' as obedience, dealt with in 2542, 3869, 5017; from the meaning of 'the voice' as that which has been declared and that which has been declared before-hand, dealt with in 6971, 6972; and from the representation of Moses, whose 'voice' they were to hear, as the Lord in respect of Divine Law, that is, Divine Truth, thus in respect of the Word since that is where Divine Truth is. From all this it is evident that 'if they do not hear your voice' means if they show no sign of obedience either. The present verse, and verses 1 and 8 above, use the expressions 'if they do not believe' and 'if they do not hear', when yet both expressions seem to be much the same as each other, for one who does not believe does not hear either. But the two are distinct from each other, for 'believing', which means [being in possession of] faith, is used with regard to truth which is the substance of faith, and so has reference to the understanding part of the mind, whereas 'hearing', which means obeying, is used with regard to good which is the substance of charity, and so has reference to the will part. For in the Word, especially the prophetical part, where truth is described by means of expressions particularly its own, so also is good described by means of those particularly its own, because of the heavenly marriage within each detail of the Word, which is a marriage of goodness and truth, see 683, 793, 801, 2173, 2516, 2712, 4138 (end), 6343.

683. As regards the use twice of the verb 'did' comprehending both good and truth, it should be recognized that in the Word, especially the Prophets, one matter may be described in two ways, as in Isaiah,

He has passed on in peace, a way He has not gone with His feet. Who has performed and done this? Isaiah 42:3, 4.

Here the first statement has regard to good, the second to truth, that is to say, the first regards things of the will, the second those of the understanding. Thus 'passing on in peace' embodies things of the will, 'a way he did not go with His feet' those of the understanding. The same applies to 'performing' and 'doing'. In the Word things that belong to the will and to the understanding, that is, to love and faith - or what amounts to the same, celestial things and spiritual things - are joined together in such a way that each individual part images a marriage, and answers to the heavenly marriage. The same applies here with the repetition of the same verb.