"So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, {and} he that smootheth {with} the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, I…" — Isaiah 41:7

Isaiah 41:7 · KJV

“So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, {and} he that smootheth {with} the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It {is} ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, {that} it should not be moved. {goldsmith: or, founder} {him...: or, the smiting} {saying...: or, saying of the soder, It is good}”

— Isaiah 41:7

Verse 6

They helped every one his neighbour; and {every one} said to his brother, Be of good courage. {Be...: Heb. Be strong}

Verse 8

But thou, Israel, {art} my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

Isaiah 41 — Context

The isles saw {it}, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

They helped every one his neighbour; and {every one} said to his brother, Be of good courage. {Be...: Heb. Be strong}

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, {and} he that smootheth {with} the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It {is} ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, {that} it should not be moved. {goldsmith: or, founder} {him...: or, the smiting} {saying...: or, saying of the soder, It is good}

But thou, Israel, {art} my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

{Thou} whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou {art} my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:19-20

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Daniel 3:1-7

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height {was} threescore cubits, {and} the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Judges 18:24

And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what {is} this {that} ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

Judges 18:17-18

And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, {and} came in thither, {and} took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men {that were} appointed with weapons of war.

Jeremiah 10:9

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple {is} their clothing: they {are} all the work of cunning {men}.

Isaiah 46:6-7

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, {and} hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Jeremiah 10:3-5

For the customs of the people {are} vain: for {one} cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. {customs...: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity}

Isaiah 44:12-15

The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. {with the tongs: or, with an axe}