Isaiah 61:5

61:5 ¹ “Foreigners will take care of ²  your sheep;

foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.

Isaiah 66:21

66:21 And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

Zechariah 6:15

6:15 Then those who are far away ³  will come and build the temple of the Lord so that you may know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. This will all come to pass if you completely obey the voice of the Lord your God.”’”

[61:5]  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.

[61:5]  ² tn Heb “will stand [in position] and shepherd.”

[6:15]  ³ sn Those who are far away is probably a reference to later groups of returning exiles under Ezra, Nehemiah, and others.