King James Version
Isaiah 60:15 in the King James Version says “Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a j...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 60 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 60:15 · KJV
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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.
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
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“Whereas”
H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“so that no man went through”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“thee I will make”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“thee an eternal”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“generations”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
“generations”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
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