Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 9:11-12; Acts 15:16-17).
be called—appropriately: the name truly designating what thou shalt do.
breach—the calamity wherewith God visited Israel for their sin (Isaiah 30:26; I 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].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 58:12:
Isaiah 16:7
Isaiah 58:1
Isaiah 58:2
Isaiah 61:4
Ezekiel 36:10
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