Isaiah 41:7-9

Revised Geneva Translation

⁷ “So the workman comforted the refiner (he who struck with the hammer, and who struck the anvil) saying, ‘It is ready for soldering.’ And he fastened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.

⁸ “But you, Israel, are My servant, you, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend.

⁹ “For I have taken you from the ends of the Earth and called you before its chief and said to you, ‘You are My servant. I have chosen you and not cast you away.