Abstract

The article tries to describe the theology of David’s testimony in Isaiah
55:3-5 in light of its historical background, to wit the last decade of the
Babylonian exile, and in relation to the internal quandary of Judean Exiles.
The study undertakes an inquiry into the question of whether the eternal
covenant in Isaiah 55:3-5 is the continuation of the Sinaitic Covenant, or
rather does its content go beyond the Mosaic Law, creating a totally new
relationship of God with Israel. The study also draws attention to the existence
of a redactional addition, which swifts the weight of the original
message from a revanchist Judeo-centrism toward the irenic ethnic-centrism
typical of the Book of Jonah.