Isaiah 41:7-9

Tree of Life Version

⁷ The craftsman encourages the smith,
who smooths with the hammer,
who strikes with the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It’s good!”
as he fastens it with nails so that it will not totter.

⁸ “But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
descendant of Abraham, My friend—
⁹ I took hold of you from the ends of the earth,
and called from its uttermost parts,
and said to you, ‘You are My servant—
I have chosen you, not rejected you.^[a]