Isaiah 61:5

And zarim shall stand and shepherd your tzon, 1 and bnei nekhar shall be 1 your plowmen and your vinedressers. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

In Context

4And they shall rebuild charvot olam (the old ruins), 1 they shall raise up the shomemot rishonim (former desolations), 1 and they shall make new the cities of chorev (ruin), 1 the shomemot (desolations) dor vador. 1

6But ye shall be named the Kohanim of Hashem; 1 men shall call you the Mesharetim (Ministers) of Eloheinu; 1 ye shall eat the chayil Goyim, 1 (wealth of Nations) and in their kavod shall ye boast. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:1For Hashem will have compassion on Ya'akov, and will yet choose Yisroel, and set them in their own adamah (land); and the ger (alien) shall be joined with them, and they shall unite themselves to the Bais Ya'akov.

Isaiah 60:10And the Bnei Nekhar shall build up thy chomot, 1 and their melachim shall minister unto thee; 1 for in My ketzef I struck thee, 1 but in My ratzon have I had rachamim on thee. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 61:5-10

The Office of the Messiah; The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers. 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord : men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye… Read the whole commentary →

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