Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 61:5

"And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers." — Isaiah 61:5 (ASV)

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 verse, that all Israel is raised to the dignity of a priestly caste, leaving the rough work of the world to be done by foreigners, who stood on a lower level. .