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God Restores the Hopeless
Commentators explain that this promise to rebuild cities ruined for "many generations" would have seemed incredible to the exiled Israelites. It demonstrates a core truth: God specializes in restoring what seems permanently lost. Whether a nation, a church, or a personal life, no situation is so desolate that God's power cannot bring renewal and new life.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 61:4
18th Century
Theologian
And they shall build the old wastes - (See the notes at Isaiah 58:12).
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 61:4
19th Century
Bishop
They shall build the old wastes ... —Literally the waste places of ancient times: that is, not merely the cities that had…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 61:4
19th Century
Preacher
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of man…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 61:4
16th Century
Theologian
And they shall build the deserts of the age. He goes on to describe more fully that restoration of the Church, primarily so that the Jews …
John Gill
On Isaiah 61:4
17th Century
Pastor
And they shall build the old wastes The captives set at liberty, and who are called trees of righteousness, and the plant…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 61:4–9
17th Century
Minister
Promises are made here to the Jews who returned from captivity, which extend to all those who, through grace, are delivered from spiritual bondage.…