process, or the forms therein, instead it will focus on how the discourse progresses in the final form of the text. Directly connected to discussions of the generic form of the oracles in Isa 40–55, and how they were redacted, is the issue of historical context.18 Based primarily on the multiple references to Babylon (Isa 43:14; 47:1; 48:14, 20) and the few references to directly coming out of exile (also Isa 48:14, 20) in Isa 40–55, there is general scholastic consensus that these oracles were delivered