Micah 7:17

They shall lick the aphar (dust) like the nachash, 1 like crawlers that crawl on eretz (ground) 1 they will come trembling out of their dens; 1 they shall be afraid of Hashem Eloheinu, 1 and shall turn in fear because of Thee. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

16The Goyim shall see and be ashamed at all their might; 1 they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, 1 their ears shall be deaf. 1

18Mee El kamocha (Who is a G-d like unto Thee), removing avon, 1 and passing over peysha of the She'erit of His Nachalah? Hashem retaineth not His anger forever, 1 because He delighteth in chesed. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:14The nations shall hear, and be afraid; 1 anguish shall take hold on the inhabitants of Peleshet (Philistia). 1

Joshua 9:24And they answered Yehoshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy avadim, how that Hashem Eloheicha commanded His Eved Moshe to give you kol HaAretz, and to destroy all the inhabitants of HaAretz from before you, therefore we were greatly afraid for nafshoteinu because of you, so we have done this thing.

2 Samuel 22:46Strangers shall fade away, 1 and they shall be afraid out of their misgerot (strongholds). 1

Psalms 9:20Arise, Hashem; 1 let not enosh (mankind) prevail; let the Goyim be judged in Thy sight. 1

Psalms 72:9They that dwell in the desert shall bow before him; 1 and his oyevim (enemies) shall lick the aphar (dust). 1

Isaiah 2:19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, 1 and into the caves of aphar, 1 for pachad (terror of) Hashem, 1 and for the hadar of His majesty, 1 when He ariseth to shake ha'aretz. 1

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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