Micah 7:16

Nations will see and be ashamed of all their might; they will put their hands to their mouth, their ears will become deaf,

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The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

In Context

15as in the days when you came from Egypt, gave us wonders to see.

17they will lick the dust like snakes, like creatures that crawl on the earth; they will come trembling and in terror from their hiding places, in dread and fear.

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Cross References

Psalms 126:2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, our tongue with glad shouts; then among the nations they said, “The Lord has dealt greatly with them.”

Micah 5:8And the survivors of Jacob will be disbursed among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the sheep-folds, who, when he passes through, pounces. He savages his prey. There is no rescuer.

Zechariah 12:9And in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations who have come up against Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:15-20

Encouraging Prospects; Encouraging Promises. ( b. c. 700.) 14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17 They shall lick the dust like a… Read the whole commentary →

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