John Trapp on Isaiah 58:12

Ver. 12. And they that ſhall be of thee] Thy poſterity that have taken their being and beginning from thee.

Shall build the old waſte places] Heb. the waſtes of antiquity, i. e. The ruinous places of Jeruſalem. The Apoſtles alſo, as maſter-builders, and others as builders together with them, have an happy hand in rearing the fair fabrick of the new man, that hidden man of the heart, See Epheſ. 2.20, 21, 22.

And thou ſhalt be called the Repairer of the breach] The Father of thy Country, the repairer of peace, the reſtorer of loſt liberty, &c. Such honour had Nehemiah of old; Hunniades alate, who having overthrown Meſites the Turks General, at his return into the Camp, a wonderful number of the poor Captives came, and falling at his feet and kiſſing them, gave God thanks for their deliverance by him: ſome called him the Father, ſome the Defender of his Country: the Souldiers their invincible General: the Captives their Deliverer: the women their Protectour: the young men and children their moſt loving Father. He again, with tears ſtanding in his eyes, courteouſly embraced them; rejoycing at the publick good: and himſelf, giving moſt hearty thanks to God, commanded the like to be done in all the Churches of that Province,Turk. [illegible: 2 letters]ſt. 269. &c. On the contrary, our Henry the third, for his ill managing of matters, was called Regni dilapidator; and Richard the third, The Calamity of his Country.