Isaiah 41:14 (GNV)

Passage

Feare not, thou worme, Iaakob, and ye men of Israel: I wil helpe thee, sayth the Lord and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:12 Thou shalt seeke them and shalt not finde them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of nought.

Isaiah 41:13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I wil helpe thee.

Isaiah 41:14 Feare not, thou worme, Iaakob, and ye men of Israel: I wil helpe thee, sayth the Lord and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel.

Isaiah 41:15 Behold, I wil make thee a roller, and a newe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and bring them to pouder, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.

Isaiah 41:16 Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carie them away, and the whirlewinde shall scatter them: and thou shalt reioyce in the Lord, and shalt glory in the holy one of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "feare", "thou", "worme", "iaakob", "israel", "helpe", "thee", and "sayth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "feare" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "For I the Lord thy God will..." into verse 15's "Behold I wil make thee a roller...", so "feare" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "feare" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.