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Selected Verse: Isaiah 61:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 61:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And strangers [02114] shall stand [05975] and feed [07462] your flocks [06629], and the sons [01121] of the alien [05236] shall be your plowmen [0406] and your vinedressers [03755]. |
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King James |
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| stand--shall wait on you as servants (Isa 14:1-2; Isa 60:10). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And strangers shall stand - (See the notes at Isa 14:1-2; Isa 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 be so spiritualized as to suppose that the prophet refers to churches and their pastors, and to the fact, that those churches would be put under the care of pastors from among the pagan. The idea is, that it would be a time of signal spiritual prosperity, and when the accession would be as great and important as if foreigners were to come in among a people, and take the whole labor of attending their flocks and cultivating their fields.
Your plowmen - Hebrew, אכר 'ikkâr, from which probably is derived the Greek ἀγρός agros; the Gothic akr; the German acker; and the English acre. It means properly a digger or cultivator of the soil, or farmer Jer 51:26; Amo 5:16.
And vine-dressers - The sense here accords with that which has been so repeatedly said before, that the pagan world would yet become tributary to the church (see the notes at Isa 9:5-7, Isa 9:9-10). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Strangers - Gentiles, such as are not of the natural race of the Jews, but Gentile converts. Or, such as shall have no more than an outward profession. Stand - Ready to be at thy service. Flocks - The churches with the word of God. Plow - men - Shall manage the whole work of God's spiritual husbandry. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Strangers shall - feed your flocks - Gentiles shall first preach to you the salvation of Christ, and feed with Divine knowledge the Jewish congregations. |
10 And the sons [01121] of strangers [05236] shall build up [01129] thy walls [02346], and their kings [04428] shall minister [08334] unto thee: for in my wrath [07110] I smote [05221] thee, but in my favour [07522] have I had mercy [07355] on thee.
1 For the LORD [03068] will have mercy [07355] on Jacob [03290], and will yet choose [0977] Israel [03478], and set [03240] them in their own land [0127]: and the strangers [01616] shall be joined [03867] with them, and they shall cleave [05596] to the house [01004] of Jacob [03290].
2 And the people [05971] shall take [03947] them, and bring [0935] them to their place [04725]: and the house [01004] of Israel [03478] shall possess [05157] them in the land [0127] of the LORD [03068] for servants [05650] and handmaids [08198]: and they shall take them captives [07617], whose captives [07617] they were; and they shall rule [07287] over their oppressors [05065].
9 And all the people [05971] shall know [03045], even Ephraim [0669] and the inhabitant [03427] of Samaria [08111], that say [0559] in the pride [01346] and stoutness [01433] of heart [03824],
10 The bricks [03843] are fallen down [05307], but we will build [01129] with hewn stones [01496]: the sycomores [08256] are cut down [01438], but we will change [02498] them into cedars [0730].
5 For every battle [05430] of the warrior [05431] is with confused noise [07494], and garments [08071] rolled [01556] in blood [01818]; but this shall be with burning [08316] and fuel [03980] of fire [0784].
6 For unto us a child [03206] is born [03205], unto us a son [01121] is given [05414]: and the government [04951] shall be upon his shoulder [07926]: and his name [08034] shall be called [07121] Wonderful [06382], Counsellor [03289], The mighty [01368] God [0410], The everlasting [05703] Father [01], The Prince [08269] of Peace [07965].
7 Of the increase [04766] of his government [04951] and peace [07965] there shall be no end [07093], upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], and upon his kingdom [04467], to order [03559] it, and to establish [05582] it with judgment [04941] and with justice [06666] from henceforth even for [05704] ever [05769]. The zeal [07068] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] will perform [06213] this.
16 Therefore the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of hosts [06635], the Lord [0136], saith [0559] thus; Wailing [04553] shall be in all streets [07339]; and they shall say [0559] in all the highways [02351], Alas [01930]! alas [01930]! and they shall call [07121] the husbandman [0406] to mourning [060], and such as are skilful [03045] of lamentation [05092] to wailing [04553].
26 And they shall not take [03947] of thee a stone [068] for a corner [06438], nor a stone [068] for foundations [04146]; but thou shalt be desolate [08077] for ever [05769], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
10 And the sons [01121] of strangers [05236] shall build up [01129] thy walls [02346], and their kings [04428] shall minister [08334] unto thee: for in my wrath [07110] I smote [05221] thee, but in my favour [07522] have I had mercy [07355] on thee.
1 For the LORD [03068] will have mercy [07355] on Jacob [03290], and will yet choose [0977] Israel [03478], and set [03240] them in their own land [0127]: and the strangers [01616] shall be joined [03867] with them, and they shall cleave [05596] to the house [01004] of Jacob [03290].
2 And the people [05971] shall take [03947] them, and bring [0935] them to their place [04725]: and the house [01004] of Israel [03478] shall possess [05157] them in the land [0127] of the LORD [03068] for servants [05650] and handmaids [08198]: and they shall take them captives [07617], whose captives [07617] they were; and they shall rule [07287] over their oppressors [05065].