Micah 7:17

they 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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In The King James Version

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

In Context

16Nations will see and be ashamed of all their might; they will put their hands to their mouth, their ears will become deaf,

18Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing by the rebellion of the remnant of your people? He does not retain his anger forever, but is one who delights in mercy.

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Cross References

Joshua 9:24They answered Joshua, “It was because we, your servants, were assured that the Lord your God had ordered his servant Moses to assign you all the land and to destroy all the people living in it. That put us in terror of our lives before you, and so we did this.

Psalms 9:20Strike them with fear, Lord: show the nations how frail they are. Selah

Psalms 72:9May his foes bow down before him, his enemies lick the dust.

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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