They will rebuild the ancient ruins,
    repairing cities destroyed long ago.
They will revive them,
    though they have been deserted for many generations.
5 Foreigners will be your servants.
    They will feed your flocks
and plow your fields
    and tend your vineyards.
6 You will be called priests of the Lord,
    ministers of our God.
You will feed on the treasures of the nations
    and boast in their riches.
7 Instead of shame and dishonor,
    you will enjoy a double share of honor.
You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land,
    and everlasting joy will be yours. (New Living Translation).

What a turnaround!

‘The land of Judah was in ruins after the Babylonian captivity, but God would help the people repair and rebuild. The whole nation would become priests of the Lord (1 Pet.2:5,9) and servants of God.’ Warren Wiersbe: ‘With the Word’, p.490.

Barry Webb comments: ‘This is grace at work, and the grace of God is a most powerful agent of change…The double portion of blessing in this passage answers to the double portion of hard service in 40:2, and it is the ministry of the Servant which is the bridge between the two. Grace rests on atonement as its foundation. It is free, but not cheap.’ Isaiah,p.236.

Thank God for His amazing grace by which the church is built, Gentiles are admitted with full rights of citizenship alongside Jews (Eph. 2:11-22), and we are all the recipients of abundant blessing, as we live under the reign of the Servant-Messiah.