Consider the following questions:
What is the meaning of a remote context and how can it be delineated? Are there clues for demarcating an immediate context? Once the boundaries of the text are defined, do we have elements in the text that can help one determine the literary genre?
This solution will focus on the literary aspects of the passage. The large context of Isa 30 will be studied in order to delimit its remote context, and afterward we will isolate verses 18-26 from the rest of chapter.
We will also consider the form with which the prophet transmitted the text thus examining its stylistic feature. We will try to frame the passage thereby using a thematic method of outlining. This will help us trace the themes contained in the passage.