504 Csaba Balogh the ywh-prophecies of the Assyrian period. But with the inclusion of vv. 13-24, it was demarcated as the final prophecy of the First-Isaianic collection. We have no compelling evidence that it would have been designed as a bridge connecting Isa 1-32 with subsequent sections of the developing corpus of Isaiah, namely 40–55 or 40–66. Protestant Theological Institute Csaba BALOGH P-ta Avram Iancu 13 400124 Cluj Napoca Romania SUMMARY 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.