Isaiah 41:6-8

Expanded Bible

⁶     ·The workers help each other [A man helps his companion/neighbor]
    and say to ·each other [his brother], “Be strong!”
⁷ The ·craftsman [engraver; metal worker] encourages the goldsmith,
    and the workman who smooths the metal with a hammer encourages the one who ·shapes the metal [strikes the anvil].
He says, “This ·metal work [welding; soldering] is ·good [sound; well crafted].”
    He nails the statue to a base so it can’t fall over [^Cthe nations find false hope and baseless courage in their idols; vv. 28–29].

⁸ ·The Lord says, “People of Israel, you are my servants [^L“You Israel, my servant].
    ·People of Jacob, I chose you [^LJacob, whom I have chosen; 44:1].
    You are ·from the family [descendants; offspring; seed] of my friend Abraham [Gen. 12:1–3].