Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Isaiah 41:14
Thou worm Jacob, who art weak in thyself, and despised and trodden under foot by thy proud and potent enemies.
Thou worm Jacob, who art weak in thyself, and despised and trodden under foot by thy proud and potent enemies.
Verse Isaiah 41:14. _FEAR NOT, THOU WORM JACOB_] In the rabbinical commentary on the five books of Moses, _Yelamedenu_, it is asked, Why are the Israelites called a _worm_? To signify, that as the wo...
FEAR NOT - (See the note at Isaiah 41:10). THOU WORM - This word is properly applied as it is with us, to denote a worm, such as is generated in putrid substances Exodus 16:20;...
CHAPTER 41 Jehovah's Challenge 1. _The address to the islands and the peoples (Isaiah 41:1)_ 2. _Jehovah's question, Cyrus and his ways predicted (Isaiah 41:2)_ 3. Nations troubled on account of Cyru...
ALL THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL SHALL PERISH. This section is eschatological, and probably later, perhaps much later, than its context. All Israel's foes shall perish. Yahweh's people shall destroy their en...
THOU WORM. To emphasize the weakness of Israel; marked also by the Figure of speech _Asterismos_, "Behold". MEN. Hebrew. _methim._ App-14. THY REDEEMER. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 48:16; Exodus...
Israel itself, in the might of Jehovah, shall be the means of crushing and scattering its foes. The idea, however, is not that of warlike conquest on the part of the Israelites, it is simply that in t...
DISCOURSE: 926 THE WORM JACOB THRESHING THE MOUNTAINS Isaiah 41:14. 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. Behold,...
FEAR NOT, THOU WORM JACOB— We have here a new consolatory exhortation; which I refer, says Vitringa, to the people of Christ, mean, afflicted, despised, such as they were at the very commencement of t...
c. GLORY TO GOD TEXT: Isaiah 41:14-20 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. 15 Behold, I have made thee...
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. FEAR NOT, THOU WORM JACOB - in a state of contempt and affliction, whom...
41:14 men (f-7) Or 'handful,' 'few men,' as Deuteronomy 33:6 ....
CYRUS GOD'S AGENT 1-7. Jehovah and the gods of the heathen compared as in a court of judgment. Jehovah has raised up Cyrus and given him victory, in order to carry out His good purposes, while the he...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 41 KNOW WHO REALLY CONTROLS EVENTS V1 God speaks: ‘You people in distant...
God’s immense power is available for his people. They do not need to be afraid of anything....
FEAR NOT, THOU WORM JACOB. — The servant of Jehovah is reminded that he has no strength of his own, but is “as a worm, and no man” (Psalms 22:6). He had not been chosen because he was a great and migh...
אַל ־תִּֽירְאִי֙ תֹּולַ֣עַת יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב מְתֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
BOOK 3 THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy, and studied the subject which forms its immediate and most urgent interest, the deliverance of Is...
THE LORD UPHOLDETH HIS SERVANT Isaiah 41:1-16 The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the heathen is the true G...
Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island a...
Fear not, thou (m) worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (m) Thus he calls them because they were contemned of all the world,...
_Dead. Though you were in the grave, I could protect you. Captivity is often represented under this idea. (Calmet) --- You who are despised, fear not, since Christ will protect and reward you. (Worthi...
If the Reader will observe, he will find that all these blessed promises are made to one individual person; and, to whom could these things be said, but to the person of our Lord? As Christ himself is...
14._Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye dead Israel. _He appears to speak of the Jews very disrespectfully when he calls them “a worm,” and afterwards “dead;” but this comparison agrees better with the dist...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...
FEAR NOT, THOU WORM JACOB,.... Being like a worm, exposed to danger, and liable to be trampled upon and crushed, mean and despicable in their own eyes, and in the esteem of others; and it may be Jacob...
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. Ver. 14. _Fear not._] This is oft inculcated, for better confirmation an...
_Fear not, thou worm Jacob_ Who art weak in thyself, despised and trodden under foot by thy proud and potent enemies. _I will make thee a new sharp thrashing instrument_ Such as were usual in those ti...
The Lord's Promise of a Future Victory...
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, trodden under foot as he now seems, AND YE MEN OF ISRAEL, the poor small crew who hold to the Lord: I WILL HELP THEE, SAITH THE LORD, that is His majestic saying, AND THY RE...
MEN: Or, few men...
10-20 God speaks with tenderness; Fear thou not, for I am with thee: not only within call, but present with thee. Art thou weak? I will strengthen thee. Art thou in want of friends? I will help thee...
Isaiah 41:14 Fear H3372 (H8799) worm H8438 Jacob H3290 men H4962 Israel H3478 help H5826 (H8804) says...
GOD'S ASSURANCE OF SUCCESS TO HIS PEOPLE, WEAK THOUGH THEY ARE (ISAIAH 41:8). Isaiah 41:8 “But you Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The seed of Abraham, the one who loved me.” He now...
REDEEMED Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
God enters into a controversy with those who had fallen into the worship of idols. Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then l...
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment._ God invites people to argue...
Isaiah 41:8. _But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom l have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend._ Let us, for the time being, forget the people to whom this message was addressed, and see whe...
CONTENTS: Greatness of God and weakness of man. Admonition to shun idols and encouragement to trust in God. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Jehovah is infinite, eternal and unchangeable....
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, oh islands._ Commentators here refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple of...
_Fear not, thou worm Jacob_ FEAR NOT I. The first qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God’s work well, is a SENSE OF OUR OWN WEAKNESS. When God’s warrior marches f...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:1 God alone guides history, for his glory and for the benefit of his people. ⇐ ⇔
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:14 WORM.... THRESHING SLEDGE. The Lord makes his seemingly insignificant people into a force powerful enough to remove even great obstacles to the accomplishment of his will....
THE WORM AND THE MOUNTAIN Isaiah 41:14. _Fear not, thou worm Jacob, &c._ Though I have read to you only these verses, the treasury of truth upon which I intend to draw now is the whole paragraph in w...
SECTION II.—RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN, AND FROM THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON (CH. 41-48.). EXPOSITION...
In the forty-first chapter of Isaiah in the first part of the chapter, God begins His predictions concerning Cyrus who was not yet born. A man who was not to be born for a hundred and fifty years. But...
Deuteronomy 7:7; Galatians 3:13; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah
THE GOD OF ALL HELP Isaiah 41:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Isaiah is one that lives with us in every daily task and conflict. Sometimes we think that the Old Testament Scriptures are far separat...
Thou worm — Who art weak in thyself, and trodden under foot by thy proud enemies....