- Who is the speaker in the opening verses of Isaiah 65?
- How is Israel described in terms of its conduct?
- Does the reference in Isaiah 65:4 have to do with kashrut (the eating of the flesh of the pig) or to idol worship — or to both?
- And yet, in Isaiah 65:8, in spite of the description of Israel, what is its destiny to be?
- In Isaiah 65:9, will all see salvation or only the “Servants of God”?
- And, if only the “Servants of God” what of the “others” (Isaiah 65:11)?
- Who then, in Isaiah 65:13, are “the Servants of God” and who are the “others” and what are their actions?
- What are the “new heavens and the new earth” promised in Isaiah 65:17?
- In Isaiah 65:18, who are “My witnesses”?
- With the promises in Isaiah 65:19-20, who will be excluded from the “good expectations”?
- And, in those days, will it be necessary to importune Divinity or will there be response without request?
- How does Isaiah 65:25 echo a refrain in the earlier chapters of Isaiah as to changes in nature itself?
