Bible Strands
Isaiah 41:14
Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to Jacob and the few men of Israel, positioned between a promise to take hold of their right hand and a declaration to make them a sharp threshing sledge.
The words — תּוֹלַעַת (to.La.'at) translates literally as "O worm of" and מְתֵי (me.Tei) as "O men of," grounding the address in the people's perceived weakness.
The thread — The worm designation appears in Psalms 22:6, while the paired titles "Redeemer" and "Holy One of Israel" recur in Isaiah 43:14 and Isaiah 54:5.
Why it lands — The text commands the addressed group to cease fear by stating God's direct intervention and identity before demanding a response of trust in that declared help.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Cross-references
- Psalms 22:6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- Isaiah 43:14 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
- Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Jeremiah 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
- Job 25:6 how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
- Psalms 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- Job 19:25 But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Isaiah 44:6 Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Isaiah 47:4 Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.