Isaiah 62:12
New International Version
They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.

New Living Translation
They will be called “The Holy People” and “The People Redeemed by the LORD.” And Jerusalem will be known as “The Desirable Place” and “The City No Longer Forsaken.”

English Standard Version
And they shall be called The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

Berean Standard Bible
And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
And they shall call them The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; And you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

New American Standard Bible
And they will call them, “The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD”; And you will be called, “Sought Out, A City Not Abandoned.”

NASB 1995
And they will call them, “The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD"; And you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”

NASB 1977
And they will call them, “The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD”; And you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And they will call them, “The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh”; And you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”

Amplified Bible
And they will call them “The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD”; And you will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Deserted.”

Christian Standard Bible
And they will be called the Holy People, the LORD’s Redeemed; and you will be called Cared For, A City Not Deserted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And they will be called the Holy People, the LORD’s Redeemed; and you will be called Cared For, A City Not Deserted.

American Standard Version
And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they shall call them, the holy people, the redeemed of LORD JEHOVAH, and you shall be called, “Desired”, the city that is not forsaken!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And one shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called a city sought out, and not forsaken.

Contemporary English Version
Then you will be called, 'The LORD's Own People, The Ones He Rescued!' Your city will be known as a good place to live and a city full of people."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall call them, The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord. But thou shalt be called: A city sought after, and not forsaken.

English Revised Version
And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They will be called Holy People, Those Reclaimed by the LORD, and you will be called Sought After, a City Not Deserted.

Good News Translation
You will be called "God's Holy People," "The People the LORD Has Saved." Jerusalem will be called "The City That God Loves," "The City That God Did Not Forsake."

International Standard Version
People will call them, 'The Holy People,' 'The Redeemed of the LORD'; and they will call you, 'Sought After,' 'The City Not Deserted.'"

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD; And thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Literal Standard Version
And they have cried to them, “The People of the Holy One! The Redeemed of YHWH!” Indeed, to you is called, “The sought out one, a city not forsaken!”

Majority Standard Bible
And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

New American Bible
They shall be called “The Holy People,” “The Redeemed of the LORD.” And you shall be called “Cared For,” “A City Not Forsaken.”

NET Bible
They will be called, "The Holy People, the Ones Protected by the LORD." You will be called, "Sought After, City Not Abandoned."

New Revised Standard Version
They shall be called, “The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD”; and you shall be called, “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.”

New Heart English Bible
They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

World English Bible
They will call them “The Holy People, Yahweh’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have cried to them, 'People of the Holy One, Redeemed of Jehovah,' Yea, to thee is called, 'Sought out one, a city not forsaken!'

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Context
Zion's Salvation and New Name
11Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.” 12And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

Cross References
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Exodus 19:6
And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites."

Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:19
that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.

Psalm 107:2
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

Isaiah 1:27
Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

Isaiah 4:3
Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy--all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living--


Treasury of Scripture

And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

the holy

Isaiah 60:21
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:19
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

the redeemed

Isaiah 35:9
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

Psalm 107:2
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

1 Peter 1:18,19
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; …

sought out

Isaiah 65:1
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

Ezekiel 34:11-16
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out…

Matthew 18:11-13
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost…

not

Isaiah 62:4
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Isaiah 62
1. The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church in God's promises.
6. The office of the ministers in preaching the Gospel
10. And preparing the people thereto














(12) The redeemed of the Lord.--Literally, ransomed, as in Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:10.

Sought out . . .--i.e., a city which men would seek after to honour, and promote its welfare. (Comp. the opposite, "Zion, which no man seeketh after," in Jeremiah 30:17.)

A city not forsaken.--With special reference to the name "Azubah" in Isaiah 62:4. (Comp, the change of names in Hosea 2:1.) . . .

Verse 12. - They shall call them; or, men shall call them, equivalent to "they shall be called." The holy people. The Persians in some degree recognized this character in the Israelites (Ezra 1:2, 3; Ezra 6:8-12: 7:12-26). So did Alexander, according to Josephus. The Romans, on the contrary, regarded them as the votaries of a degrading superstition. Since the Roman conquest, they have been almost universally despised. Perhaps the prophecy may be considered to still await its complete fulfilment. Thou shalt be called. "Thou" refers to Zion or Jerusalem. She should be called Sought out - i.e. a special object of God's care - and A city not for-saken - the very opposite of her former name (ver. 4), which was "Forsaken." All the conditions of her former existence would be altered, nay, reversed, in the future.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And they will be called
וְקָרְא֥וּ (wə·qā·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

the Holy
הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ (haq·qō·ḏeš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

People,
עַם־ (‘am-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

the Redeemed
גְּאוּלֵ֣י (gə·’ū·lê)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1350: To redeem, act as kinsman

of The LORD;
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

and you will be called
יִקָּרֵ֣א (yiq·qā·rê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Sought Out,
דְרוּשָׁ֔ה (ḏə·rū·šāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

A City
עִ֖יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

Not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

Forsaken.
נֶעֱזָֽבָה׃ (ne·‘ĕ·zā·ḇāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit


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