Isaiah 61:5

“And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, &c.] The several congregated churches of Christ, which shall be set among them, compared to flocks of sheep, as they often are; and which shall be fed with knowledge and understanding, with the words of faith and sound doctrine, by pastors of the Gentile race; who shall be raised up by Christ, and shall freely, and faithfully, and constantly perform the office they are called unto; (see <442028>Acts 20:28): and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen, and your vinedressers: the sons of Gentiles, who were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, (<490212>Ephesians 2:12), but now being converted and…”

“stand--shall wait on you as servants (Isa 14:1-2; Isa 60:10).”

“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 very considerable part of the husbandry of those who dwelt in Palestine. Of course, any considerable prosperity of a spiritual nature would be well represented by an accession of foreigners, who should come to relieve them in their toil. It is not necessary to suppose that this is to be taken literally, nor that it should be so spiritualized as to suppose that the prophet refers to churches and their pastors, and to the fact, that those churches would be put under the care of pastors from among the pagan. The idea is, that it would be a time of signal…”

“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 profession. Stand - Ready to be at thy service. Flocks - The churches with the word of God. Plow - men - Shall manage the whole work of God's spiritual husbandry. Isaiah 61:6”

“Isa 14:1, Isa 14:2, Isa 60:10-14; Eph 2:12-20 Isaiah 61:6”