Isaiah 41:5-8 The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.

ERV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came. ⁶ They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage. ⁷ So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. ⁸ But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend;