their worm. Quoted in Mar_9:44. Referred by our Lord to Gehenna, of which the fires in the valley of Hinnom were an illustration. Hebrew. tola', the maggot bred from putrid substances. See Exo_16:20. Deu_28:39. Job_25:6 (second word). Psa_22:6. Psa_14:11 (second word); Isa_41:14; Isa_66:24; and Jon_4:7, which are all the occurrences of tola' in O.T. In the synagogue use, Isa_66:23 is repeated after Isa_66:24, so that the book may end with comfort. Compare end of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Malachi.