“All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.”
The gathering of Kedar's flocks and Nebaioth's rams to Zion's altar for acceptable sacrifice indicates that even desert peoples' herds serve the restored temple's religious functions. The promise that the temple will be glorified transforms cultic practice into visible sign of YHWH's majesty. The verse assumes functional temple and sacrificial system, suggesting Trito-Isaiah's composition within Second Temple Judaism context. The transformation of foreign wealth and goods into temple sacrifice represents the ultimate orientation of all nations toward YHWH's worship: economics becomes devotion.
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