Isaiah 60:15

Isaiah 60:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
• New International Version (NIV)“Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, So that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, A joy of many generations.

Context of Isaiah 60:15

13“Lebanon’s glory will come to you: Cedar, fir, and cypress trees will come to beautify my holy place, and I will honor the place where my feet rest. 14The descendants of those who oppress you will bow in front of you. All who despise you will bow at your feet. They will call you the city of the Lord, Zion, the city of the Holy One of Israel. “You have been abandoned and hated; no one has passed through you. But now I will make you a source of everlasting pride, a joy for all generations. 16You will drink milk from other nations and nurse at royal breasts. Then you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior, the Mighty One of Jacob, your Defender. 17I will bring gold instead of bronze. I will bring silver instead of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

Isaiah 60:15 word by word

תַּ֧חַת הֱיוֹתֵ֛ךְ עֲזוּבָ֥ה וּשְׂנוּאָ֖ה וְאֵ֣ין עוֹבֵ֑ר וְשַׂמְתִּיךְ֙ לִגְא֣וֹן עוֹלָ֔ם מְשׂ֖וֹשׂ דּ֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereasתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478
• thou hast been forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• and hatedשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• so that no man went throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• thee an eternalעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• excellencyגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• a joyמָשׂוֹשׂmâώôώ · rejoicingH4885
• of manyדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755

Cross-references for Isaiah 60:15

• Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me. My Lord has forgotten me.”
• Isaiah 54:6“The Lord has called you as if you were a wife who was abandoned and in grief, a wife who married young and was rejected,” says your God.
• Psalms 78:60He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.
• Jeremiah 30:17I’ll restore your health and heal your wounds,” declares the Lord. “People call you an outcast: Zion, no one cares for you.
• Lamentations 1:1“Look how deserted Jerusalem is! Once the city was crowded with people. Once it was important among the nations. Now it is a widow. Once it was a princess among the provinces. Now it does forced labor.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the temple courtyard. Leave that out, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
• Isaiah 35:10The people ransomed by the Lord will return. They will come to Zion singing with joy. Everlasting happiness will be on their heads ⌞as a crown⌟. They will be glad and joyful. They will have no sorrow or grief.
• Isaiah 61:7You will receive a double measure of wealth instead of your shame. You will sing about your wealth instead of being disgraced. That is why you will have a double measure of wealth in your land. You will have everlasting joy.
• Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms. You will hear those who bring thank offerings to the Lord’s temple say, ‘Give thanks to the Lord of Armies because the Lord is good, because his mercy endures forever.’ I will restore the fortunes of the land to what they were before,” says the Lord.

Commentaries on Isaiah 60:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Whereas thou hast been forsaken - Hebrew, Instead of (תחת tachath ) thy being forsaken,‘ that is, thy subsequent prosperity shall come in the place of thy being formerly forsaken. The forsaking here refers to the various calamities, persecutions, and trials, which she had been called to endure. So that no man went through thee - When the country was desolate and abandoned, so that no caravan passed from one part of it to another, or made it a thoroughfare…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 We must look for the full accomplishment in times and things, exceeding those of the Old Testament church. The nations and their kings shall lay themselves out for the good of the church. Such a salvation, such a redemption, shall be wrought out for thee, as discovers itself to be the work of the Lord. Every thing shall be changed for the better. In thy land shall no more be heard threats of those that do violence, nor complaints of those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age: This would be a major change from the exile in Babylon. Fulfillments of this prophecy include: the return of the jews from exile, the arrival of Jesus Christ, and the inclusion of non-Jewish people in the church. The final fulfillment awaits the glorious second coming of Jesus Christ, which will bring in the new Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. forsaken--(Psa 78:60, 61). no man went through thee--Thy land was so desolate that no traveller, or caravan, passed through thee; true only of Israel, not true of the Church (La 1:4). excellency--glory, that is, for ever honored.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 60

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings