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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_69310" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_69310" /> == | ||
<p> The worm is used symbolically to show the extreme feebleness of man. Job 17:14; Job 25:6 . In blessing [[Israel]] [[Jehovah]] said, "Fear not, thou worm Jacob," Isaiah 41:14; and the Lord, to indicate the low estate in which He was, said, | <p> The worm is used symbolically to show the extreme feebleness of man. Job 17:14; Job 25:6 . In blessing [[Israel]] [[Jehovah]] said, "Fear not, thou worm Jacob," Isaiah 41:14; and the Lord, to indicate the low estate in which He was, said, "I am a worm and no man." Psalm 22:6 . In the grave man's body becomes the companion of worms, if they do not actually feed upon it. Job 21:26; Job 24:20; Isaiah 14:11 . Of the eternal punishment of the wicked it is recorded " <i> their </i> worm dieth not." Mark 9:44,46,48; cf. Isaiah 66:24 . Herod Agrippa, being smitten by an angel, was literally 'eaten of worms.' Acts 12:23 . In Job 25:6 man is compared to a worm literally 'a maggot' an apt figure of moral corruption. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81551" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81551" /> == | ||
<p> An old German town in Hesse-Darmstadt, in a fertile plain on the left bank of the Rhine, 40 m. | <p> An old German town in Hesse-Darmstadt, in a fertile plain on the left bank of the Rhine, 40 m. SE. of Mainz, with a massive Romanesque cathedral having two domes and four towers; it was here the [[Diet]] of the empire was held under [[Charles]] V., and before which Martin Luther appeared on 17th April 1521, standing alone in his defence on the rock of Scripture, and deferentially declining to recant: "Here stand I; I can do no other; so help me God." </p> | ||
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