much larger literary complex. It bears witness to Yahweh’s plan and dialogue with his people through some three centuries of their history, beginning with the decades in which Isaiah lived. Through twelve generations (one for each act), the Vision provides a divine perspective on the history of Israel and Judah through speeches by Yahweh himself and by his nonhuman representatives. It also records the responses of God’s people in each generation. Although prophetic traditions, written and oral, were