UIsaya 60:15

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

15 Esikhundleni sokuba ubushiyiwe, uthiyiwe, akwabakho bani ucanda kuwe, ndiya kukwenza ke ingangamsha engunaphakade, imihlali yezizukulwana ngezizukulwana.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou: Isaiah 49:14-23, Isaiah 54:6-14, Psalms 78:60, Psalms 78:61, Jeremiah 30:17, Lamentations 1:1, Lamentations 1:2, Revelation 11:2, Revelation 11:15-17

a joy: Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 61:7, Jeremiah 33:11

Reciprocal: Psalms 47:4 - excellency Psalms 48:2 - joy Psalms 102:12 - thou Isaiah 25:8 - rebuke Isaiah 40:27 - sayest Isaiah 49:21 - am desolate Isaiah 51:16 - Thou art Isaiah 54:11 - thou afflicted Zephaniah 3:20 - for Luke 13:19 - and it Ephesians 2:7 - in the Ephesians 5:27 - glorious

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whereas thou hast been forsaken,.... Seemingly forsaken of God; thought to be so by herself, which was matter of complaint; and by her enemies, which to them was matter of joy; the Lord not appearing for her immediate relief, and for her deliverance out of the hands of her persecutors:

and hated: of all men, of wicked and profane sinners, and of carnal professors, and especially of the antichristian party:

so that no man went through thee; very few passengers in Zion's ways; few asked the way to her, or joined themselves in fellowship and worship with her. Jacob was small; the number of converts exceeding few:

I will make thee an eternal excellency; the saints are the excellent in the earth, in the esteem of God and Christ; they, are their jewels and peculiar treasure, having the excellent graces of the Spirit of God in them; and the excellent robe of Christ's righteousness on them; an excellent knowledge of divine and spiritual things; an excellent spirit of love and unity; and an excellent order and discipline maintained among them; as well as excellent truths preached, and ordinances administered to them; all which shall continue, being made clearly to appear to be their case:

the joy of many generations; of age and age e; or, as the Targum,

"the house of joy of generation and generation;''

that is, the church will be the joy of God and Christ, of the saints, and of the whole world, age after age, for a long period of time: see

Isaiah 65:18 there seems to be some respect to Psalms 48:2.

e דור ודור "generationis et generationis", Vatablus, Pagninas, Montanus; "cujusque generationis", Vitringa.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whereas 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 in going to other lands (compare Lamentations 1:4; see the notes at Isaiah 34:10).

I will make thee an eternal excellency - Lowth, ‘An everlasting boast.’ Noyes, ‘Glory.’ I will make you forever honored or exalted, so that you shall no more be desolate and abased.

A joy of many generations - A subject of joy from generation to generation; that is, one age after another.