a. Already in chapter 1
b. More broadly
i. 2:1-5 Mission to the nations - positive
ii. 2:6 – 4:1 Enamored with greatness – negative
iii 4:2 – 6 Pure and holy – positive
iv. 5:1-30 Bitter grapes – negative
How can this Israel ever become that Israel?
The placement of the call narrative
a. Prophet offers his call as solution to the previous problem.
b. If what happened to the man of unclean lips were to happen to the nation of unclean lips
c. Destiny: triumph; Response: Astonishment and Rejection; Burden: Our Sickness and Sin; Outcome: Injustice, early death, insulting burial; Purpose: redemption