Isaiah 41:14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob,
You are earthly, groveling, weak, like a worm; yet even you need not fear:
"Fear not, thou worm Jacob."
Isaiah 41:14. And ye men of Israel; I will help thee,
That is the third time that we have had that promise, "I will help thee." "Ring that silver bell again," says the Holy Spirit to Isaiah, "let it comfort my tired ones." "I will help thee."
Isaiah 41:14. Saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy one of Israel.
I was wonderstruck, as I looked at this verse, to find it put "Thou worm Jacob, I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy God," that is the Hebrew word which is translated "Redeemer", "Thy next of kin." Is the next of kin to a worm the Almighty God? Does he undertake to be our Brother, to pay the redemption price for us, because he is our Kinsman? So the text says. Let us drink in the comfort of it: "Thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." In order to become our Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel himself became "a worm, and no man."
Isaiah 41:14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob,
You are earthly, groveling, weak, like a worm; yet even you need not fear:
"Fear not, thou worm Jacob."
Isaiah 41:14. And ye men of Israel; I will help thee,
That is the third time that we have had that promise, "I will help thee." "Ring that silver bell again," says the Holy Spirit to Isaiah, "let it comfort my tired ones." "I will help thee."
Isaiah 41:14. Saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy one of Israel.
I was wonderstruck, as I looked at this verse, to find it put "Thou worm Jacob, I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy God," that is the Hebrew word which is translated "Redeemer", "Thy next of kin." Is the next of kin to a worm the Almighty God? Does he undertake to be our Brother, to pay the redemption price for us, because he is our Kinsman? So the text says. Let us drink in the comfort of it: "Thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." In order to become our Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel himself became "a worm, and no man."