Discovery BoxIsaiah 61:5 
Context61:5 1 “Foreigners will take care of 2 your sheep;
foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.
Isaiah 61:9
Context61:9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,
their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize that
the Lord has blessed them.” 3
1 sn The Lord speaks in vv. 7-8 (and possibly v. 9). It is not clear where the servant’s speech (see vv. 1-3a) ends and the Lord’s begins. Perhaps the direct address to the people signals the beginning of the Lord’s speech.
2 tn Heb “will stand [in position] and shepherd.”
3 tn Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”
