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Isaiah 41:7-9
International Standard Version
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.”
The Lord Encourages Israel
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.’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:7 Lit. he who smoothes with the hammer
- Isaiah 41:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads saying
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