Isaiah 61:5

Foreigners will stand and feed your flocks, and sons of foreigners will work your fields and vineyards. 1

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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

4They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the former desolations. 1 They will restore the ruined cities, the desolations from many former generations. 1

6You will be called the priests of Yahweh; they will call you servants of our God. 1 You will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their riches. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:1Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel and restore them into their own land. Foreigners will join with them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 60:10Sons of foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you; 1 though in my wrath I punished you, yet in my favor I will have compassion on you. 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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