40. My holy mountain is the high mountain of Israel. There all Israel will serve me in the land, says the Lord God. There I will accept you. There I will look for your offerings. I will look for the first harvest of your offerings and all your holy gifts.
41. I will accept you like a pleasing smell. This will happen when I bring you out from the foreign nations. It will take place when I gather you from the lands where you are scattered. Then through you I will show how holy I am. The nations will see it.
42. When I bring you into the land of Israel, you will know that I am the Lord. I will bring you into the land I promised your ancestors.
43. There you will remember everything you did that made you unclean. Then you will hate yourselves for all the evil things you have done.
44. I will deal with you to show who I am. Then you will know I am the Lord, people of Israel. But it’s not because of your evil ways or unclean actions, says the Lord God.’”