the text’s insights cannot be treated as insignificant, when faith is combined with righteousness. Isaiah does not speak, in the same way as does the NT, of faith and love. The OT concepts of משׁפט (justice) and צדקה (righteousness), in all their facets, are really not all that different from the idea of love, at which point one must note carefully that ἀγάπη (love) includes the aspect of righteousness. But a significant difference cannot be overlooked. Isaiah addresses issues in the political