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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 58:12

build = rebuild. This is still future. to dwell in: or, leading home. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 58:12

Isaiah 58:12. And they—shall build, &c.— The meaning is, (for the whole of this and the preceding verse is metaphorical,) that from the city of God, flourishing in the manner above described, should go forth those who should renew and restore the churches long laid waste, as immersed in thick darkness and superstition, and governed by faithless pastors, and so unworthy, the name of the churches of God; and who should collect together, erect, and build anew the foundations of those churches;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 58:12

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... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:6-14

True worship 58:6-14Isaiah contrasted God’s conception of fasting with that of His people (cf. Matthew 6:16-18). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:12

True worshippers would also rebuild what their sin had previously torn down. This refers not only to the return and rebuilding of Jerusalem and Judah following the exile. [Note: Watts, Isaiah 34-66, p. 276.] It also refers to the Promised Land in the Millennium and to the restoration of other types of "ruins" caused by sin.The remaining two verses continue the explanation of true worship begun in Isaiah 58:6, but they also conclude this chapter by returning to consider proper response to a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:1-14

2. Did righteousness] i.e. kept the law. They are ready enough for the external requirements of religion. 3. The questions express surprise that the fast is without effect.Find pleasure, etc.] render, ’carry on business and oppress all your labourers.’ With all their professions of self-denial they are selfish.4. For strife] i.e. strife is the result of this formal fasting. Ye shall not, etc.] RV ’ye fast not this day so as to make your voice,’ etc.5-7. Literal fasting is not here excluded, but... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:1-24

The Glorious Future of the Jewish RaceThis concluding group of chapters is chiefly distinguished by glowing pictures of the future of Jerusalem, when the Jews shall be restored to their land again. A glorious restoration is promised (Isaiah 60:1-2; Isaiah 61:4, Isaiah 61:10-11), all nations are tobe members of the restored city (Isaiah 60:3-5), the glories of which are vividly pictured (Isaiah 60:6), the crowning glory being the holiness of the citizens (Isaiah 60:21). The fulfilment of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 58:12

(12) Shall build the old waste places.—The prophet contemplates primarily the restoration of the public and private buildings of Jerusalem, but the words have obviously a wider spiritual application.The foundations of many generations—i.e., those that had been lying in ruins, with no superstructure, for even a longer period than the seventy years of exile.Thou shalt be called . . .—This was to be the special work, and was to constitute the enduring fame, of the new Israel.Paths to dwell... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 58:1-14

The Dangers of Fasting (Ash Wednesday) Isaiah 58:1 There are two classes of people to whom Lent brings no blessing those who do not keep it at all, and those who, while they observe it with outward formalities and even with strictness, yet do not keep it in the spirit of true penitence. I. What a strange picture is here drawn! a nation seemingly most religious, not only fulfilling the ordinances of religion, but delighting in them, and yet absolutely without spiritual life. This character is... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 58:1-14

CHAPTER XXIIITHE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCEIsaiah 56:9-12; Isaiah 57:1-21; Isaiah 58:1-14; Isaiah 59:1-21IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, that there should re-awaken in the exiles the civic conscience; that recollections of those besetting sins of their public life, for which their city and their independence were destroyed, should throng back upon them; that in prospect of their again becoming responsible for the discharge of justice and other... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 58:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 58:12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 58:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:6-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:1-14

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:1-24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 58:12

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 58:1-14

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 58:1-14

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