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.
Israel now lies helpless as a worm, a scattered handful; but Jehovah will make them a sharp threshing roller to crush mountains into dust. The worm becomes the thresher, and in this transformation Israel reflects something of the Messiah Himself.
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Commenting on Isaiah 41:14-16
That worm Jacob, contemptible, trampled, loathed, is the very image the Messiah Himself claimed on the cross. God and His people are so completely identified that what degrades one degrades the other. Worms, yes; but not vipers, not the serpent's seed.
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He calls them worm and dead not from disrespect but to meet them in their wretchedness and comfort them there. While they lie mean and despised, He keeps His eye upon them. Though thou art nobody, I will restore thee and lift thee from thy filth.
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