Albert Barnes Commentary Isaiah 60:15

"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." — Isaiah 60:15 (ASV)

Whereas you have been forsaken - Hebrew, ‘Instead of (תחת tachath) your being forsaken,’ that is, your subsequent prosperity will come in the place of your 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 you - 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 (see the notes at Isaiah 34:10).

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

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