And 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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Gill's Exposition
And they shall call them the holy people,.... 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…
Barnes' Notes
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;…
Adam Clarke
They shall call them - These characteristics seem to be put in their inverted order. -
1. God will not forsake them.
2. They shall be sought out.
3. They shall be redeemed. And,
4. Be in consequence…
This, as many like passages before, refers to the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon, and, under the type and figure of that, to the great redemption wrought out by Jesus Christ, and the…
Cambridge Bible
Zion and its people shall then be recognised in their true character by all.
The holy people The priesthood of humanity; ch. Isa 61:6.
The redeemed of the Lord ch. Isa 35:10 [Isa 51:10]; cf. Isa…
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