Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the nations] from the beginning? I, the Master–the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging Everlasting Almighty Yahuwah]–I am He.
The islands and coastlands have seen and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They draw near and come;
They help every one his neighbor and say to his brother [in his tiresome idol making], Be of good courage! So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths [the metal] with the hammer [encourages] him who smites the anvil, saying of the soldering, That is good! And he fastens it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
