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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 58:12 - 58:12
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they ... of thee - thy people, the Israelites.
old waste places - the old ruins of Jerusalem (Isa 61:4; Eze 36:33-36).
foundations of many generations - that is, the buildings which had lain in ruins, even to their foundations, for many ages; called in the parallel passage (Isa 61:4), “the former desolations”; and in the preceding clause here, “the old waste places.” The literal and spiritual restoration of Israel is meant, which shall produce like blessed results on the Gentile world (Amo 9:11, Amo 9:12; Act 15:16, Act 15:17).
be called - appropriately: the name truly designating what thou shalt do.
breach - the calamity wherewith God visited Israel for their sin (Isa 30:26; 1Ch 15:13).
paths to dwell in - not that the paths were to be dwelt in, but the paths leading to their dwellings were to be restored; “paths, so as to dwell in the land” [Maurer].