Isaiah 60:15

"The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you the LORD’s City, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel."

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 60:15, the prophet is addressing the restoration and glory of Jerusalem after a period of Babylonian exile. The original audience would have understood that the verse foretold a reversal of their fortunes; those who had oppressed them—specifically referring to the Babylonians—would now come humbly seeking favor and protection from God’s chosen city, Jerusalem. The imagery of bowing down at the soles of the feet symbolizes complete submission and reverence, indicating that the former enemies would acknowledge Jerusalem as the holy city dedicated to the Lord, renaming it “the LORD's City” and “the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Whereas thou hast been forsaken -Hebrew, ‘Instead of (תחתtachath) 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 (compareLamentations 1:4; see the notes atIsaiah 34:10).

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