The Meaning of Isaiah 60:15 Explained

Isaiah 60:15

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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, so that no one went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy from generation to generation.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Isaiah 60:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 60:15-22 - "he Is Their Everlasting Light"
What a graphic delineation is presented in these words of the privileges of the consecrated life! The Mighty One of Jacob becomes its Savior. Thenceforth it is ever ascending in the scale of experience, exchanging the period of stone for that of iron, of iron for silver, and of brass for gold. Anxiety and depression are followed by long and happy years of fulness and joy. Violence and destruction, which, like vandals, hewed and burned, are replaced by salvation and praise. The Lord becomes the everlasting light, and the days of mourning are ended.
Do not think that such an experience is too good to last, and so beautiful that it must be evanescent. When once the dawn of perfect surrender and acceptance breaks, there is no sundown, no shadowed sky, no more sorrow or crying, no more heartbreak or hopelessness. The inheritance is forever! The branch is ever green! The strong nation is destined never again to become small! [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 60

1  The glory of the church in the abundant access of the Gentiles
15  And the great blessings after a short affliction

What do the individual words in Isaiah 60:15 mean?

Whereas you have been forsaken and hated so that no one went through [you] and I will make you an excellence eternal a joy of and many generations
תַּ֧חַת הֱיוֹתֵ֛ךְ עֲזוּבָ֥ה וּשְׂנוּאָ֖ה וְאֵ֣ין עוֹבֵ֑ר וְשַׂמְתִּיךְ֙ לִגְא֣וֹן עוֹלָ֔ם מְשׂ֖וֹשׂ דּ֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר

תַּ֧חַת  Whereas 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
הֱיוֹתֵ֛ךְ  you  have  been 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עֲזוּבָ֥ה  forsaken 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: עֲזוּבָה  
Sense: forsakenness, desolation.
וּשְׂנוּאָ֖ה  and  hated 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
וְאֵ֣ין  so  that  no  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
עוֹבֵ֑ר  went  through  [you] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
וְשַׂמְתִּיךְ֙  and  I  will  make  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular, second person feminine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
לִגְא֣וֹן  an  excellence 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גָּאֹון  
Sense: exaltation, majesty, pride.
עוֹלָ֔ם  eternal 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
מְשׂ֖וֹשׂ  a  joy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָשֹׂושׂ 
Sense: exultation, joy, rejoicing.
וָדֽוֹר  and  many  generations 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֹּור 
Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.