After I bring you out of the countries where you have been scattered and gather you together, I will accept the sacrifices that you burn, and the nations will see that I am holy.

I will punish him with disease and bloodshed. Torrents of rain and hail, together with fire and sulfur, will pour down on him and his army and on the many nations that are on his side.

In this way I will show all the nations that I am great and that I am holy. They will know then that I am the LORD."

But the LORD reprimanded Moses and Aaron. He said, "Because you did not have enough faith to acknowledge my holy power before the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land that I promised to give them."

This happened at Meribah, where the people of Israel complained against the LORD and where he showed them that he is holy.

"Stop fighting," he says, "and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world."

But the LORD Almighty shows his greatness by doing what is right, and he reveals his holiness by judging his people.

But have reverence for Christ in your hearts, and honor him as Lord. Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you,

Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God. They will know this, because I sent them into captivity and now gather them and bring them back into their own land, not leaving even one of them behind.

"He threw Egypt's army and its chariots into the sea; the best of its officers were drowned in the Red Sea.

"Your right hand, LORD, is awesome in power; it breaks the enemy in pieces.

You blew on the sea and the water piled up high; it stood up straight like a wall; the deepest part of the sea became solid.

But one breath from you, LORD, and the Egyptians were drowned; they sank like lead in the terrible water.

You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed our enemies.

The nations have heard, and they tremble with fear; the Philistines are seized with terror.

Terror and dread fall upon them. They see your strength, O LORD, and stand helpless with fear until your people have marched past--- the people you set free from slavery.

You will rise and take pity on Zion; the time has come to have mercy on her; this is the right time.

The nations will fear the LORD; all the kings of the earth will fear his power.

When the LORD brought us back to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!

Indeed he did great things for us; how happy we were!

The king said, "Your God is the greatest of all gods, the Lord over kings, and the one who reveals mysteries. I know this because you have been able to explain this mystery."

The king said, "Praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel and rescued these men who serve and trust him. They disobeyed my orders and risked their lives rather than bow down and worship any god except their own.

"And now I command that if anyone of any nation, race, or language speaks disrespectfully of the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, he is to be torn limb from limb, and his house is to be made a pile of ruins. There is no other god who can rescue like this."

Listen to my account of the wonders and miracles which the Supreme God has shown me.

"How great are the wonders God shows us! How powerful are the miracles he performs! God is king forever; he will rule for all time.

"When the seven years had passed," said the king, "I looked up at the sky, and my sanity returned. I praised the Supreme God and gave honor and glory to the one who lives forever. "He will rule forever, and his kingdom will last for all time.

"When my sanity returned, my honor, my majesty, and the glory of my kingdom were given back to me. My officials and my noblemen welcomed me, and I was given back my royal power with even greater honor than before.

I command that throughout my empire everyone should fear and respect Daniel's God. "He is a living God, and he will rule forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his power will never come to an end.

He saves and rescues; he performs wonders and miracles in heaven and on earth. He saved Daniel from being killed by the lions."

Tell the people there what I, the Sovereign LORD, say about them: I am your enemy, Sidon; people will praise me because of what I do to you. They will know that I am the LORD, when I show how holy I am by punishing those who live in you.

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.