Isaiah 61:5

strangers. foreigners.

the alien. an unknown people.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And strangers shall stand - (See the notes at Isaiah 14:1-2 ; Isaiah 60:10 ). And feed your flocks - The keeping of flocks constituted a ve...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And foreigners shall (i) stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers. (i) They will be ready...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The prophet now addresses the people directly. Men of other nations shall serve as labourers at their bidding and call them Yahweh's priests, or Serv...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. And strangers shall stand. He means that foreigners and strangers shall be ready to yield obedience to them; for, in consequence of their...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. Strangers shall - feed your...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. And strangers shal sta...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The speaker is the prophet, either in his own person, or in that of the Servant of Jehovah. The mission here spoken of is identical with the mis...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Other nations represented as filling menial offices.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Strangers shall stand... — i.e., like servants waiting for their master’s orders. The implied thought of the whole passage is, as in the next ver...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Acceptable Year of the Lord” Isaiah 61:1-11 Messiah's mission , Isaiah 61:1-3 . At Nazareth our Lord applied these words to Himself. Le...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Passing from the description of material prosperity, the prophecy describes the inner secret, namely, spiritual realization. This description opens w...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As the Lord Jesus was so well known to his people, by the tenderness of his Person and Character; so his Church had her features from her connection...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks ,.... The several congregated churches of Christ, which shall be set among them, compared to flocks o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers. Ver. 5. And strangers sha...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall build the old wastes See on chap. 58:12. As this is evidently to be understood of gospel times, the meaning seems to be, that the establ...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Office of the Messiah; The Prosperity of the Church. B. C. 706....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Strangers, viz. 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 pro...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Adds His Words to Those of the Anointed One ( Isaiah 61:5-7 a). It is not always clear in this chapter who is speaking. In Isaiah 61:1-3...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 61:1-2 . The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to b...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 61:1 . The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; These are the words of the Lord Jesus Christ the prophet, looking forward to the tune of his...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 61:1 . The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, You know who it is that speaks these words, our Lord Jesus himself. Isaiah 61:1-2 . Becau...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 61:1 . The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. Here the Redeemer appears clothed with humanity, and invested with all the high offices of ou...
The Biblical Illustrator

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me The Speaker; probably the Servant of Jonah Who is the speaker here? The Targum prefaces the passage with...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION VIII .— SOLILOQUY OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD , WHO PROMISES GLORY AND PROSPERITY TO JERUSALEM ( Isaiah 61:1-2...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord's Year of Jubilee. The chapter opens with a powerful description of the office of the Servant of Jehovah, of the Messiah Himself.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And strangers, members of the Gentile nations who have been converted to the true God, shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien s...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 2:12-20 ; Isaiah 14:1 ; Isaiah 14:2 ; Isaiah 60:10-14
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 profess...

⁵ And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 61:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 61:5