Isaiah 62:12

“And they shall call them the holy people, &c.] For whom the way is prepared, to whom the standard is lifted up, and the proclamation made, and who upon it are gathered in to Christ the Saviour, and to the church: these shall be called, by men that know them, have a spirit of discerning, and are capable of judging, “the holy people”; a people separated and set apart for God, for his service and glory; chosen to be a special people, above all the people of the earth; chosen through sanctification of the Spirit, and to holiness here and hereafter, and so sanctified by God the Father, as in (<650101>Jude 1:1), and in consequence of it are made holy by the Spirit of God, in the effectual calling;…”

“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 (Isa 62:4; Jer 30:14). Messiah, approaching Jerusalem after having avenged His people on His and their enemies, is represented under imagery taken from the destruction of "Edom," the type of the last and most bitter foes of God and His people (see Isa 34:5, &c.). Next: Isaiah Chapter 63”

“And 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 - no other inscription on his tomb - than that he is one who has been redeemed by Yahweh. And thou shalt be called - (See the notes at Isaiah 62:2). Sought out - The city much sought after, or much desired - to wit, by converts who shall…”

“The holy: Isa 60:21; Deu 7:6, Deu 26:19, Deu 28:9; Pe1 2:9 The redeemed: Isa 35:9; Psa 107:2; Pe1 1:18, Pe1 1:19; Rev 5:9 Sought out: Isa 65:1; Eze 34:11-16; Mat 18:11-13; Luk 15:4, Luk 15:5, Luk 19:10; Joh 4:23, Joh 10:16 not: Isa 62:4; Mat 16:18, Mat 28:20; Heb 13:5 Next: Isaiah Chapter 63”