King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 41:7
“So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 41
The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.
But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
[Thou] whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou [art] my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
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