Isaiah 62:12

Isaiah 62:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• New International Version (NIV)They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they shall be called The Holy People, The Redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they shall call them The Holy People, The Redeemed of the Lord; And you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

Context of Isaiah 62:12

10Go through! Go through the gates! Prepare a way for the people! Build up! Build up the highway! Clear away the stones! Raise a flag for the people! 11The Lord has announced to the ends of the earth: “Tell my people Zion, ‘Your Savior is coming. His reward is with him, and the people he has won arrive ahead of him.’ ” They will be called Holy People, Those Reclaimed by the Lord, and you will be called Sought After, a City Not Deserted.

Isaiah 62:12 word by word

וְקָרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם עַם־הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ גְּאוּלֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלָךְ֙ יִקָּרֵ֣א דְרוּשָׁ֔ה עִ֖יר לֹ֥א נֶעֱזָֽבָה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• them, The holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• The redeemedגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Sought outדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• A cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• not forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800

Cross-references for Isaiah 62:12

• Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous, and they will possess the land permanently. They will be the seedling I have planted, the honored work of my hands.
• Deuteronomy 7:6You are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He chose you to be his own special possession out of all the nations on earth.
• Deuteronomy 26:19Then he will place you high above all the other nations he has made. He will give you praise, fame, and honor, and you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.
• Deuteronomy 28:9You will be the Lord’s holy people, as he promised you with an oath. He will do this if you obey the commands of the Lord your God and follow his directions.
• 2 Peter 2:9Since the Lord did all this, he knows how to rescue godly people when they are tested. He also knows how to hold immoral people for punishment on the day of judgment.
• Isaiah 35:9Lions won’t be there. Wild animals won’t go on it. They won’t be found there. But the people reclaimed ⌞by the Lord⌟ will walk ⌞on it⌟.
• Psalms 107:2Let the people the Lord defended repeat these words. They are the people he defended from the power of their enemies
• 1 Peter 1:18Realize that you weren’t set free from the worthless life handed down to you from your ancestors by a payment of silver or gold which can be destroyed.
• Revelation 5:9Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
• Isaiah 65:1I was ready to answer those who didn’t ask. I was found by those who weren’t looking for me. I said, “Here I am! Here I am!” to a nation that didn’t worship me.
• Ezekiel 34:11“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will search for my sheep myself, and I will look after them.
• Luke 15:4“Suppose a man has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the 99 sheep grazing in the pasture and look for the lost sheep until he finds it?
• Luke 19:10Indeed, the Son of Man has come to seek and to save people who are lost.”
• John 4:23Indeed, the time is coming, and it is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people like that to worship him.
• John 10:16I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd.

Commentaries on Isaiah 62:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They shall call them - These characteristics seem to be put in their inverted order. - God will not forsake them. They shall be sought out. They shall be redeemed. And, Be in consequence a holy people. 1. When God calls, it is a proof that he has not forsaken. 2. When he seeks, it is a proof he is waiting to be gracious. 3. When the atonement is exhibited, all things are then ready. 4. And when that is received, holiness of heart and life is then to be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And they shall call them - It shall be the honorable and just name by which they shall be known, that they are a holy people, and that they are the redeemed of Yahweh. No name is so honorable as that; no one conveys so much that is elevated and ennobling as to say of one, he is one whom Yahweh has redeemed from sin and death and hell by atoning blood.‘ He who has a just sense of the import of this name, will desire no Other record to be made of his life…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-12Verses 10-12 Way shall be made for Christ's salvation; all difficulties shall be removed. He brings a reward of comfort and peace with him; but a work of humiliation and reformation before him; and they shall be called, The holy people, and, The redeemed of the Lord. Holiness puts honour and beauty upon any place or person, makes them admired, beloved, and sought after. Many events may have been part fulfilments of this, as earnests of more glorious times…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12This call to prepare for God’s coming salvation combines elements from all parts of Isaiah: the proclamation (the banner, see Isaiah 5:26), the preparation of the road (Isaiah 40:3; 57:14), God's arrival with his reward (Isaiah 40:5, 9–10), and the holy and redeemed people (Isaiah 35:8–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Sought out--Sought after and highly prized by Jehovah; answering to "not forsaken" in the parallel clause; no longer abandoned, but loved; image from a wife (Is 62:4; Jr 30:14).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 62

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings