Isaiah 41:14

12 You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

13 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15 Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

16 You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
KJV
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.
WEB
Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
ASV
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.
DARBY
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
BLB
Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O men of Israel; I have helped you, a declaration of YHWH, And your Redeemer [is] the Holy One of Israel.
ÅB
Frykt ikke, Jakob, du usle makk, du Israels lille flokk! Jeg hjelper deg, sier Herren, og din gjenløser er Israels Hellige.
OTB
Frykt ikke, du orm Jakob, lille Israel, for jeg selv vil hjelpe deg," erklærer Herren, din gjenløser, Israels Hellige.
B1930
Frykt ikke, Jakob, du usle makk, du Israels lille flokk! Jeg hjelper dig, sier Herren, og din gjenløser er Israels Hellige.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

    Read in context
  • 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.

    Read in context
  • Psalms 22:6

    But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

    Read in context
  • 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.

    Read in context
  • Job 25:6

    how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

    Read in context
  • 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.

    Read in context
  • Job 19:25

    But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

    Read in context
  • Isaiah 49:26

    I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

    Read in context