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.
(They that shall be) of thee - thy people, the Israelites.
Shall build the old waste places - the old ruins of Jerusalem (Isaiah 61:4; Ezekiel 36:33-36).
Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations - i:e., 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).
And thou shalt be called - appropriately: the name truly designating what thou shalt do.
The repairer of the breach - the calamity wherewith God visited Israel for their sin (Isaiah 30:26; 1 Chronicles 15:13).
The restorer of 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' (cf. Judges 5:6).