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My name's Alex Tune.

My name's Jim Hamilton.

My name's Sam Amati. And they are my two friends most of the time.

All right.

So, happy new year, guys.

Happy new year.

I know, but it will be when this is.

Merry Christmas.

Yes, Merry Christmas.

Today we're going to talk about, we're going to carry on Isaiah.

I suspect we'll be in Isaiah for maybe a few more months. We're

picking up the pace a little bit. Yeah, we're clipping right along. Yeah, Isaiah 17 and 18.

You know, we've got some, we've got more, more, I almost said moracles, more oracles. There it is,

just more. Moracles. Moracles. And that's what we're going to talk about today, 17 and 18, which I think this is just one Oracle, though ESV wants to tell me it's two with their subtitles. But we can talk about the breakdown of the – actually, do you want to talk about the structure of the passage right now, 17 and 18? Is it one Oracle? Is it two? Does it matter? I've got some comments about 18, but do you have – You don't have anything to say about 17. I need to work on this passage more. That's what we're doing. Right here, live with the microphone. Yep. Here we go. Are you ready? Are you ready at all? Let's do it. Okay. So you don't have an answer for me on the structure. I need more time with the text. I don't have the structure of 17 sorted out.

I do think there is a caustic structure to 18.

Gentry in his book, Understanding the Prophets, reading and Understanding the Prophets, something like that.

He argues that 17 and 18 are a single unit that form a chasm.

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