Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 58:12
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12. they . . . of thee —thy people, the Israelites. old waste places —the old ruins of Jerusalem ( Isaiah 61:4 ; Ezekiel 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 ( Isaiah 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 ( Amos 9:11 ; Amos 9:12 ; Acts 15:16 ; Acts 15:17 ). be called —appropriately: the name truly designating what thou shalt do. breach —the calamity wherewith God visited Israel for their sin ( Isaiah 30:26 ; 1 Chronicles 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]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"
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