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A people called by His Name or upon whom His Name is invoked?

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  What is the translation in harmony with the context? Simeon has fully related how God first turned his attention to the nations to make a people for his name.   And with this the words of the Prophets agree, as it is written: 'After these things I will return and rebuild David's booth which has fallen;   and I will build up its ruins and set it up again, that those remaining of men may earnestly seek Jehovah, together with people of all the nations, people who are called by my name   ,   says Jehovah who does these things, known from ancient times' – Acts 15:14-18, New World Translation «Brothers, listen to me: Simon reported how at the beginning God wanted to choose among the foreigners a people consecrated to his name.   And with this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written:   "After these things I will return and rebuild the tent of David, which is fallen; and I will restore its ruins and set it up again, so that the remnant of men and all the nations ,