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Title: 'He Filled Zion with Justice and Righteousness'
Subtitle: The Composition of Isaiah 33
Author(s): BALOGH, Csaba
Journal: Biblica
Volume: 89    Issue: 4   Date: 2008   
Pages: 477-504
DOI: 10.2143/BIB.89.4.3188967

Abstract :
In contrast to most opinions concerning Isa 33 this pericope is far too complex to be explained as one coherent literary unit. Isa 33 has a short anti-Assyrian woe-cry at its bases (vv. 1+4), which once closed the woe-cries of Isa 28–32. Vv. 1+4 were supplemented first (around 598 or 587) by a communal lament, vv. 2-3+5+7-12, bringing the idea of the punishment of Judah and the temporised destruction of the enemy in vv. 1+4 further. Second, (shortly after 539) vv. 1-5.7-12 were expanded by a salvation prophecy, vv. 6+13-24, concerning the returnees, the restoration of Jerusalem and the monarchy.

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