Shall build the old waste places. —The prophet contemplates primarily the restoration of the public and private buildings…

And thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. And they that shall be of thee shall build the old …

And from you shall be those who shall restore the deserts of the age. By “deserts,” Isaiah means the frightful desolation that happened to…

And they that shall be of you shall build the old waste
places
As the cities in Israe…

A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not expre true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. Thes…

1. Cry, do not cease. Here he excludes a usele remedy by which they wished to prepare themselves for salvation.

2. Firs…