“... the chapter describes the Lord’s invitation to the exiles to leave Babylon and return to Zion to enjoy a rich feast.137 Clifford then draws the analogy to Isa 25:6-8 since exiles are invited back to Zion.138 C. L. Seow has connected the installation of the Ark in Jerusalem and David’s dance and festive meal to this passage. The eschatological banquet is associated with David as a divine warrior who leads a procession to Zion.139 S. Starbuck follows the suggestion of O. Eissfeldt and connects Isa 55:1-5 with Ps 89.140 The meal in Isa 55:1-5 is therefore an expansion on the Davidic enthronement scene in 2 Sam 6-7.141 ... 137R. Clifford, “Isaiah 55: Invitation to a Feast,” The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday (ed. C. L. Meyers and M. O’Connor; Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1983), 27-35; idem, Fair Spoken and Persuading: An Interpretation of Second Isaiah (New York, N.Y.: Paulist, 1984). Clifford first examines CTA 23 (=UT 52 = KTU 1.23), often thought to be a heiros gamos. In this short text a royal party greets guests by inviting them to partake of bread and wine. Like Isa 55:1, this text begins with ’ay, similar to the Hebrew yi/h. Compare Zech 2:10-11 MT; y/h is repeated twice in an invitation to leave Babylon and return to Zion. A second text has an almost identical invitation (CTA 17 = UT 2 Aqht = KTU 1.17), but the section ends by offering her guests eternal life (Clifford, “Isaiah 55,” 29). ...”