Isaiah 60:15

60:15 You were once abandoned

and despised, with no one passing through,

but I will make you ¹  a permanent source of pride

and joy to coming generations.

Isaiah 61:4

61:4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins

and restore the places that were desolate; ² 

they will reestablish the ruined cities,

the places that have been desolate since ancient times.

[60:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”

[61:4]  ² tn Heb “and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.”