Isaiah 61:5
61:4 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.And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
KJV
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
What does Isaiah 61:5 mean?
Isaiah 61:5 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include זוּר (zûwr), עָמַד (ʻâmad), רָעָה (râʻâh).
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 61:5.
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. digged: or, cut out many cisterns Carmel: or, fruitful fields husbandry: Heb. ground
Genesis 29:7And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. it is: Heb. yet the day is great
Genesis 29:9And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
Genesis 30:31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
Genesis 30:36And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Genesis 37:12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
Genesis 37:2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis 4:2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Abel: Heb. Hebel a keeper: Heb. a feeder
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What does Isaiah 61:5 say?
Isaiah 61:5 (King James Version) reads: "And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers."
Is Isaiah 61:5 in the Old or New Testament?
Isaiah 61:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.
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