Isaiah 41:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵ The people on the islands have seen that king coming.
    And it has made them afraid.
    People tremble with fear from one end of the earth to the other.
They come and gather together.
⁶     They help one another.
    They say to one another, “Be strong!”
⁷ 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.