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Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.
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A Metaphor for Blessing
Scholars widely agree that this verse is not a literal promise of foreign servants but a powerful metaphor. Commentators like John Calvin and Albert Barnes explain that the imagery of others tending flocks and fields is used to describe a future of immense spiritual prosperity and peace. It paints a picture of a community so blessed by God that the normal, burdensome toils of life are lifted, allowing them to flourish under Christ's reign.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And strangers shall stand - (See the notes at Isaiah 14:1-2; Isaiah 60:10).
And feed your flocks -
19th Century
Anglican
Strangers shall stand ... —i.e., like servants waiting for their master’s orders. The implied thought of the who…
Baptist
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. But you shall be named t…
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16th Century
Protestant
And strangers shall stand. He means that foreigners and strangers shall be ready to yield obedience to them. For, because they were at tha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks The several congregated churches of Christ, which shall be set among them, comp…
Promises are made here to the Jews who returned from captivity, which extend to all those who, through grace, are delivered from spiritual bondage.…
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13th Century
Catholic
The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Here he promises joy to the people. This is divided into two parts:
