3. Who pursued them, and passed safelyBy the way that he had not gone with his feet?
4. Who has performed and done it,Calling the generations from the beginning?‘I, the Lord, am the first;And with the last I am He.’ ”
5. The coastlands saw it and feared,The ends of the earth were afraid;They drew near and came.
6. Everyone helped his neighbor,And said to his brother,“Be of good courage!”
7. So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith;He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil,Saying, “It is ready for the soldering”;Then he fastened it with pegs,That it might not totter.
8. “But you, Israel, are My servant,Jacob whom I have chosen,The descendants of Abraham My friend.
9. You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,And called from its farthest regions,And said to you,‘You are My servant,I have chosen you and have not cast you away: