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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.

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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.

61:6 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 boast yourselves.

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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And
strangersזוּרzûwr/zoor/H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
shall
standעָמַדʻâmad/aw-mad'/H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
and
feedרָעָהrâʻâh/raw-aw'/H7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
your
flocks,צֹאןtsôʼn/tsone/H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
and
the
sonsבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
of
the
alienנֵכָרnêkâr/nay-kawr'/H5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
shall
be
your
plowmenאִכָּרʼikkâr/ik-kawr'/H406a farmer
and
your
vinedressers.כֹּרֵםkôrêm/ko-rame'/H3755a vinedresser

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 61:5.

2 Chronicles 26:10

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 29:7

And 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 29:9

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

Genesis 30:31

And 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 30:36

And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

Genesis 37:12

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Genesis 37:2

These 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 4:2

And 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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