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One skilled worker makes a statue of a god.
    Another covers it with gold.
The first worker says to the second,
    “You have done a good job.”
Another worker smooths out the metal with a hammer.
    Still another gives the statue its final shape.
The one who hammers says to the one who shapes,
    “You have done a good job.”
    Then they nail the statue down so it won’t fall over.

The Lord says, “People of Israel, you are my servants.
    Family of Jacob, I have chosen you.
    You are the children of my friend Abraham.
I gathered you from one end of the earth to the other.
    From the farthest places on earth I brought you together.
I said, ‘You are my servants.’
    I have chosen you.
    I have not turned my back on you.

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