- Why is there a proximity in the observations regarding Damesek and Ephraim?
- Is the major emphasis of the text dealing with Israel?
- What does the prophet predict (Isaiah 17:5) as one of the consequences of the disasters which will be visited upon Israel?
- Does Isaiah 17:7 predict pleasant things for Israel/Judea and, if so, by name, or by implication — or not at all?
- Why have these troubles come upon Israel (Isaiah 17:10)?
- Does the term “tzur” (rocky flint) appear in earlier Biblical text as a descriptive of Divinity?
- Isaiah 17:12 begins with the term “hoy”. This expression is usually one of — ?
