“He Filled Zion with Justice and Righteousness” 501 as reinterpretations of earlier prophecies, probably go back to the same author. Several arguments were mentioned above which date this text to not long after 539. The topic is the return from exile, but Zion is still the distant land (v. 17). What the returnees will discover in the city will surprise them (vv. 18-19). Vv. 6 and 20 portraying Jerusalem in nomadic pictures, as a tent and a settlement whose security is warranted by YHWH and not by mighty walls, may allude to the period before the rebuilding of the city walls. The fact that the mighty one of YHWH is presented as great rivers is wholly understandable if it addresses people living alongside such rivers in Babylon (Jer 51,13)(112). It was not easy for the deportees established in a country with secure walls and fertile lands to return to a desolated homeland. The purpose of this prophecy may have been exactly to convince Judaeans to go back to Zion. The expectation of the emergence of the new Davidic king on the throne of Jerusalem (vv. 17.21) corresponds to the realities of this early post-539 period. A final comment should be made on the role of Isa 33 in relation to the formation of the book of Isaiah. As noted in the introduction, Isa 33 is considered a unique chapter in the process of the formation of the book of Isaiah. The limits of this essay do not permit to delve into an elaborate discussion at this point. However, the analysis of Isa 33 above must have made it clear that some previous views regarding the redactional role of Isa 33 need to be revised. Insofar as there is any relationship between Isa 33 and 56–66, that is not of a nature that it would presuppose the secondary origin of Isa 33 with respect to 56–66 (113). It is not less questionable, however, that Isa 33 would have been written as a text bridging Isa 40–55 to 1–32. While it is assumed that Isa 33,24 directly hints at 40,1-2 (114), yet it becomes clear at a closer look that the only lexical connection between the two texts is limited to ˆw[. This would certainly be surprising if 33,24 was composed as a deliberate allusion to 40,2. While the date of Isa 33,13-24 would allow interaction with Deutero-Isaianic passages, the lexical relationship is extremely limited, and the connection is mostly confined to common theological ideas, or methods (such as making use of certain cultic literary forms) (115). (112) See also Nah 3,8. Cf. DILLMANN, Jesaia, 299; CLEMENTS, Isaiah, 270. (113) In contrast to BEUKEN, see, e.g., WILLIAMSON, Book, 230-238. (114) WILLIAMSON, Book, 225; BERGES, Jesaja, 248. (115) Cf. WILLIAMSON, Book, 224-229.