Catholic Public Domain Version
"And foreigners will stand up and will pasture your flocks. And the sons of sojourners will be your farmers and the workers of your vineyards. "
— Isaiah 61:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers. ”
“Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.”
““Foreigners will take care of your sheep; foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.”
“And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandman, and the dressers of your vines.”
“And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.”
“And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.”
and so to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vindication of our God: to console all who are mourning,
to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.
And they will rebuild the deserted places of past ages, and they will raise up the ruins of antiquity, and they will repair the desolate cities, which had been dissipated for generation after generation.
And foreigners will stand up and will pasture your flocks. And the sons of sojourners will be your farmers and the workers of your vineyards.
But you yourselves will be called the priests of the Lord. It will be said to you, “You are the ministers of our God.” You will eat from the strength of the Gentiles, and you will pride yourself on their glory.
Instead of your double confusion and shame, they will praise their portion. Because of this, they will possess double in their land. Everlasting joy will be for them.
For I am the Lord, who loves judgment and who holds hatred for robbery within a burnt offering. And I will turn their work into truth, and I will forge a perpetual covenant with them.