Deutero-Isaiah of Jerusalem

It is usually thought that Deutero-Isaiah (DI) prophesied in Babylon. However, this article argues that DI addresses ‘my people’, most of whom were left in Judah, and equates them with Zion/Jerusalem. This is often a physical city, with towns of Judah close by, with walls and gates; Cyrus will rebuild it, and bring the produce of Africa and Sabean slaves to ‘thee’ (feminine). It becomes necessary for DI to ‘oscillate’ between the literal Zion and a metaphorical name for the exiles who did not live there. Also Yahweh will provide her poor with springs streaming from the bare heights, and they hide in holes in the earth, which hardly suit the banks of the Tigris; and Media is a ‘distant land’, although it shares a frontier with Babylonia. There are many details suggesting that DI lived in Jerusalem.