Thus is introduced the theme of the new creation, the renewal of all reality that can occur once yahweh has destroyed all who oppose peace and justice. Even as we saw, in the portrait of cosmic collapse in isaiah 24, that israel’s view of reality was moral through and through, so too we see the same in the picture of new creation in isaiah 34. Not only is the natural order restored to beauty and vitality, but the whole order of the human community is also reestablished upon the principles of righteousness, compassion,and shared prosperity......