So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good;”
and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 41:7 in context
Isaiah 41:4–10
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Who has worked and done it,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
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The islands have seen, and fear.
The ends of the earth tremble.
They approach, and come.
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Everyone helps his neighbor.
They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
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So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good;”
and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
8
“But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham my friend,
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you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
and called from its corners,
and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’
10
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you.
Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
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