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People help their neighbors
    and say to their relatives, “Be brave!”
Craftsmen encourage goldsmiths.
    Metalsmiths encourage blacksmiths who work at their anvils.
    They say that their soldering is good.
        And they fasten things with nails so they won’t move.

“But you are my servant Israel,
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,
    the descendant of Abraham, my dear friend.

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    they help each other
    and say to their companions, “Be strong!(A)
The metalworker(B) encourages the goldsmith,(C)
    and the one who smooths with the hammer
    spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.
One says of the welding, “It is good.”
    The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.(D)

“But you, Israel, my servant,(E)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,(F)
    you descendants of Abraham(G) my friend,(H)

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