The promise that strangers will stand and feed Zion's flocks and foreigners will be tillers and vinedressers indicates that non-Israelites will serve the restored community's economic and agricultural needs. The specific mention of pastoral and agricultural work suggests sustenance-provision by formerly foreign elements. This verse continues the reversal-theology: economic relationships are inverted so that the restored community is served rather than serving. The inclusion of foreigners in the restored economy suggests that the boundaries articulated in chapter 56 (inclusion of righteous foreigners) extend into eschatological vision.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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