Isaiah 52:15
Thus will he cause many nations to jump up in [astonishment]; at him will kings shut their mouth; for what had not been told unto them shall they see, and what they had never heard shall they understand.
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Job 29:9Princes stopped in the midst of [their] words, and laid their hand on their mouth:
Psalms 72:9Before him shall bend down those that dwell in the wilderness; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers; with the face toward the earth shall they bow down to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, who will not suffer those who hope in me to be ashamed.
Isaiah 55:5Behold, a nation thou knowest not shalt thou call, and a nation that knew thee not shall run unto thee; for the sake of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
Micah 7:16Nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 52:14-15
The Humiliation of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. 14 As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. Here, as in other places, for the confirming of the faith of God's… Read the whole commentary →