Isaiah 60:15
New International Version
“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.

New Living Translation
“Though you were once despised and hated, with no one traveling through you, I will make you beautiful forever, a joy to all generations.

English Standard Version
Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.

Berean Standard Bible
Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
“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.

New American Standard Bible
“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an object of pride forever, A joy from generation to generation.

NASB 1995
“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, A joy from generation to generation.

NASB 1977
“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, A joy from generation to generation.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Instead of being forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, A joy from generation to generation.

Amplified Bible
“Whereas you [Jerusalem] have been abandoned and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an object of pride forever, A joy from generation to generation.

Christian Standard Bible
Instead of your being deserted and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you an object of eternal pride, a joy from age to age.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Instead of your being deserted and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you an object of eternal pride, a joy from age to age.

American Standard Version
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

Contemporary English Version
You were hated and deserted, rejected by everyone. But I will make you beautiful, a city to be proud of for all time to come.

English Revised Version
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"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.

Good News Translation
"You will no longer be forsaken and hated, A city deserted and desolate. I will make you great and beautiful, A place of joy forever and ever.

International Standard Version
"Although you have been forsaken and despised, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride, the joy of all generations.

Majority Standard Bible
Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.

NET Bible
You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.

New Heart English Bible
"Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations.

World English Bible
“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Instead of your being forsaken and hated, "" And none passing through, "" I have made you for a continuous excellence, "" A joy of generation and generation.

Young's Literal Translation
Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, And none passing through, I have made thee for an excellency age-during, A joy of generation and generation.

Smith's Literal Translation
Because of thy being forsaken and hated, and none passed through, and I set thee for a perpetual excellency, the joy of generation and generation.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because thou wast forsaken, and hated, and there was none that passed through thee, I will make thee to be an everlasting glory, a joy unto generation and generation:

Catholic Public Domain Version
For though you were forsaken, and held in hatred, and there was no one who would pass near you, I will establish you as an everlasting glory, as a gladness from generation to generation.

New American Bible
No longer forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, Now I will make you the pride of the ages, a joy from generation to generation.

New Revised Standard Version
Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Whereas you have been forsaken and hated so that no man passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Instead of what you are, she who is divorced and she who is hated for lack of one passing through her, I shall make you a magnificence to eternity, and a joy to a generation of generations
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, So that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, A joy of many generations.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Because thou has become desolate and hated, and there was no helper, therefore I will make thee a perpetual gladness, a joy of many generations.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Future Glory for Zion
14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age. 16You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.…

Cross References
Isaiah 62:4
No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.

Isaiah 54:7-8
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

Zephaniah 3:19-20
Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth. / At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.

Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”

Ezekiel 36:35
Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

Ezekiel 37:26-28
And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. / My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. / Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

Zechariah 8:13
As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

Deuteronomy 30:3-5
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. / Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. / And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.

Psalm 102:13-16
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come. / For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust. / So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory. ...

Psalm 72:19
And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

Revelation 21:24-26
By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. / Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there. / And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.

Revelation 3:9
As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

Revelation 3:12
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.


Treasury of Scripture

Whereas you has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

thou

Isaiah 49:14-23
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me…

Isaiah 54:6-14
For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God…

Psalm 78:60,61
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; …

a joy

Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 61:7
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Jeremiah 33:11
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

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Isaiah 60
1. The glory of the church in the abundant access of the Gentiles.
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with no one passing through
The imagery here is of a desolate city, devoid of life and activity. In ancient times, a city with "no one passing through" would be considered cursed or abandoned, lacking the vibrancy and commerce that travelers and traders bring. This phrase underscores the depth of Israel's isolation and the severity of its plight, serving as a backdrop for the promise of restoration that follows.

I will make you an everlasting pride
The promise of becoming "an everlasting pride" is a profound transformation. The Hebrew word for "pride" is "גאון" (ga'on), which can also mean majesty or excellence. This indicates a future where Israel will be a source of admiration and honor, not just temporarily, but eternally. This promise reflects God's unchanging commitment to His people and His ability to elevate them from disgrace to glory.

and the joy of all generations
The phrase "the joy of all generations" suggests a legacy of happiness and blessing that transcends time. The Hebrew word for "joy" is "שׂשׂון" (sason), which implies a deep, abiding gladness. This joy is not limited to a single era but is intended to be experienced by all future generations. It speaks to the enduring impact of God's restoration and the perpetual celebration of His goodness and mercy.

(15) Whereas thou hast been forsaken . . .--The figure of the daughter of Zion, who had been as a forsaken and slighted wife (comp. Isaiah 62:4), mingles with the literal picture of a city in ruins, abandoned and unvisited.

Verses 15-18. - The fourth stanza, Zion's prosperity. Verse 15. - Thou hast been forsaken and hated (comp. Isaiah 54:7; Isaiah 62:4). Zion has been a wife repudiated for her adulteries, "forsaken" by her husband, and the object of his just "hate." So that no man went through thee. The mixed metaphor is awkward, but readily intelligible. Zion is at once a city and a wife. As a wife, she is "hated and forsaken," as a city, no man goes through her. An eternal excellency (comp. Isaiah 59:21, and see the Homiletics on the passage).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Whereas
תַּ֧חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

you have been
הֱיוֹתֵ֛ךְ (hĕ·yō·w·ṯêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

forsaken
עֲזוּבָ֥ה (‘ă·zū·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 5805: Forsakenness, desolation

and despised,
וּשְׂנוּאָ֖ה (ū·śə·nū·’āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

with no
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

one passing through,
עוֹבֵ֑ר (‘ō·w·ḇêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

I will make you
וְשַׂמְתִּיךְ֙ (wə·śam·tîḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

an everlasting
עוֹלָ֔ם (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

pride,
לִגְא֣וֹן (liḡ·’ō·wn)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament

a joy
מְשׂ֖וֹשׂ (mə·śō·wś)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4885: Exultation, rejoicing

from age
דּ֥וֹר (dō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

to age.
וָדֽוֹר׃ (wā·ḏō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling


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