Isaiah 62:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

The redeemed

Sought out

John 10:16

Not

General references

Deuteronomy 14:2

Bible References

The redeemed

No lions will be there. No fierce animals will pass that way! Those whom Jehovah has rescued will travel home by that road.

Let the redeemed by Jehovah say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

Know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers. [The redemption] was not with corruptible things like silver or gold,

They sing a new song, saying: You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you bought persons for God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Sought out

I permitted myself to be sought by those who did not ask for me. Those who did not seek me found me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said: 'Here I am, here I am.'

The Lord Jehovah says: 'I will search for my sheep. I will seek them out.

(omitted, text not found in early manuscripts)

If you have a hundred sheep and lose one of them, what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one you lost until you find it.

The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

But the hour comes and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father with spirit and truth. The Father seeks such people to worship him.

I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I will also bring them. They will hear my voice and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

Not

You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will no longer be called Destroyed. You will be named My Delight. Your land will be named Married (owned as a wife). Jehovah is delighted with you, and your land will be married.

You are Peter (Greek: petros: piece of rock), and on this rock-mass (Greek: petra: mass of rock) (referring to Jesus) I will build my congregation. The entrance to the grave (Greek: Hades) will not have power to stop it.

Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.

General references

You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Out of all the people on the face of the earth Jehovah has chosen you to be a people for His own possession.