Isaiah 58:12

10 and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

13 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

14 then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
KJV
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
WEB
Those who will be of you will build the old waste places. You will raise up the foundations of many generations. You will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Paths with Dwellings.
ASV
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
DARBY
And they [that come] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations [that have remained] from generation to generation; and thou shalt be called, Repairer of the breaches, restorer of frequented paths.
BLB
And some of you will rebuild the ruins of old; you will raise up the foundations of generation and generation, and you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
ÅB
Og sønner av deg skal bygge opp igjen ruinene fra gammel tid; grunnvoller som har ligget der fra slekt til slekt, skal du gjenreise, og de skal kalle deg murbrudds tilmurer, den som setter veier i stand, så folk kan bo i landet.
OTB
Ditt folk skal gjenoppbygge de gamle ruinene; du skal reise opp de eldgamle grunnvollene; du skal kalles den som reparerer brudd i murer, den som gjenoppretter gater å bo i.
B1930
Og sønner av dig skal bygge op igjen ruinene fra gammel tid; grunnvoller som har ligget der fra slekt til slekt, skal du gjenreise, og de skal kalle dig murbrudds tilmurer, den som setter veier i stand, så folk kan bo i landet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 61:4

    They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.

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  • Amos 9:14

    I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

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  • Ezekiel 36:33

    This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.

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  • Amos 9:11

    “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

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  • Nehemiah 2:17

    Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

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  • Isaiah 51:3

    For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

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  • Ezekiel 36:8–11

    But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.

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  • Jeremiah 31:38

    “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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