Isaiah 62:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

They shall call them, The holy people; or, they shall be called, or they shall be, a peculiar, separate people, Isaiah 4:3. Sought out; or, one found that was lost: see Ezekiel 34:16. Or, sought out, or for, or one in great esteem, one that the Gentiles should seek to join themselves withal, so as to be one church with her. That reproach should be wiped off from her, that this is Zion whom no man seeketh after, Jeremiah 30:17. Or, cared. for, viz. by God, whom he hath out of infinite love gathered to himself. A city not forsaken: see Isaiah 62:4. The meaning is, that thus they shall esteem the gospel church; she shall be accosted With such salutations as these are, the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord, & c.

Isaiah 62:12

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