Isaiah 41:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ The craftsman encourages the goldsmith,
    and the hammersmith^[a] encourages the one who strikes the anvil.
He says^[b] about the welding, ‘It’s good!’
    and he reinforces it with nails so that it won’t topple.”

⁸ “But as for you, Israel, my servant,
    Jacob, whom I’ve chosen,
        the offspring of my friend Abraham—
⁹ you whom I encouraged from the ends of the earth
    and called from its farthest corners,
and told you, ‘You’re my servant,
    I’ve chosen you
        and haven’t cast you aside.’