4. Who has performed and done this,calling the generations from the beginning?I, Yahweh, am the first,and with the last — I am He.”
5. The islands see and are afraid,the whole earth trembles. They approach and arrive.
6. Each one helps the other,and says to another, “Take courage! ”
7. The craftsman encourages the metalworker; the one who flattens with the hammersupports the one who strikes the anvil,saying of the soldering, “It is good.”He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.