Isaiah 61:5

Isaiah 61:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
• New International Version (NIV)Strangers will shepherd your flocks; foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks; foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And the sons of the foreigner Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

Context of Isaiah 61:5

3To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. 4Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks, And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers. 6But you will be called the priests of the Lord; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And you will boast in their riches. 7Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs.

Isaiah 61:5 word by word

וְעָמְד֣וּ זָרִ֔ים וְרָע֖וּ צֹאנְכֶ֑ם וּבְנֵ֣י נֵכָ֔ר אִכָּרֵיכֶ֖ם וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• will standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• and pastureרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• your flocksצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• foreignersבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• foreignersנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
• will be your farmersאִכָּר'ikkâr · farmerH406
• and your vinedressersכָּרַםkôrêm · to tend vineyardsH3755

Cross-references for Isaiah 61:5

• Isaiah 14:1When the Lord has compassion on Jacob and again chooses Israel, and settles them on their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
• Isaiah 60:10“Foreigners will build up your walls, And their kings will serve you; For in My wrath I struck you, And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
• Ephesians 2:12remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the people of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Commentaries on Isaiah 61:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Strangers shall - feed your flocks - Gentiles shall first preach to you the salvation of Christ, and feed with Divine knowledge the Jewish congregations.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And strangers shall stand - (See the notes at Isaiah 14:1-2; Isaiah 60:10). And feed your flocks - The keeping of flocks constituted a very considerable part of the husbandry of those who dwelt in Palestine. Of course, any considerable prosperity of a spiritual nature would be well represented by an accession of foreigners, who should come to relieve them in their toil. It is not necessary to suppose that this is to be taken literally, nor that it should…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 Promises are here made to the Jews returned out of captivity, which extend to all those who, through grace, are delivered out of spiritual thraldom. An unholy soul is like a city that is broken down, and has no walls, like a house in ruins; but by the power of Christ's gospel and grace, it is fitted to be a habitation of God, through the Spirit. When, by the grace of God, we attain to holy indifference as to the affairs of this world; when…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. stand--shall wait on you as servants (Is 14:1, 2; 60:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 61:5

• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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Commentaries on Isaiah 61

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings