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 console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of Adonai, that He may be glorified. 4They will rebuild the ancient ruins. They will restore former desolations. They will repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. Strangers will stand and shepherd your flocks, children of foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers. 6But you will be called the kohanim of Adonai, They will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations and boast in their abundance. 7Instead of your shame, double portion. instead of disgrace they will sing for joy. Therefore in their land they will inherit a double portion; they will have everlasting joy.

Isaiah 61:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• and feedרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• your flocksצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• and the sonsבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• of the alienנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
• your plowmenאִכָּר'ikkâr · farmerH406
• and your vinedressersכָּרַםkôrêm · to tend vineyardsH3755

Cross-references for Isaiah 61:5

• Isaiah 14:1For Adonai will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The outsider will join himself with them and will cling to the house of Jacob.
• Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in My fury I struck you, but in My favor I will show you mercy.
• Ephesians 2:12At that time you were separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of 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