¹³ These were the waters of Meribah,^[a](A) where the Israelites quarreled^(B) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.^(C)

⁴¹ I will accept you as fragrant incense^(A) when I bring you out from the nations and gather^(B) you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy^(C) through you in the sight of the nations.^(D)

²² and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

²⁵ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather^(A) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,^(B) I will be proved holy^(C) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.^(D)

²³ I will show the holiness of my great name,^(A) which has been profaned^(B) among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,^(C) declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy^(D) through you before their eyes.^(E)