Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 62:12

"And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken." — Isaiah 62:12 (ASV)

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. (Compare 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. (Compare the change of names in Hosea 2:1.)