Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Isaiah 62:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD” at Isaiah 62:12 as part of “A Cleared Highway Announces the Sought-Out People.”
Build up the highway; they shall be called Sought Out
This verse is one part of that explanation in Isaiah 62:10–12. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Isaiah 62:10–12
Read Isaiah 62:12 with 62:10–12. By itself, “And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Gate passage, prepared road, lifted signal, arriving salvation, and new names identify a holy, redeemed, sought, un-abandoned community.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “Watchers Refuse Silence until Jerusalem Is Established” into “A Cleared Highway Announces the Sought-Out People.” Its non-interchangeable movement is: Gate passage, prepared road, lifted signal, arriving salvation, and new names identify a holy, redeemed, sought, un-abandoned community. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD” at Isaiah 62:12 as part of “A Cleared Highway Announces the Sought-Out People.”
What Remains True
Hope for a community must hold justice, belonging, safety, worship, grief, and repair together. In Isaiah 62:12, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD” at Isaiah 62:12 as part of “A Cleared Highway Announces the Sought-Out People.”
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Isaiah 62:10–12 — A Cleared Highway Announces the Sought-Out PeopleSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 62:10–12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 62:10–12 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
Open the fixed Hebrew Isaiah file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Isaiah
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, poetry, older KJV language, chronology, names, textual issues, and material translation alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Isaiah PDF, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Isaiah 62:10–12 in the complete 205-page book PDF
Open the official NET Isaiah PDF ↗