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Micah 7:16

The nations will see and be ashamed 1 of all their power. 1 They will put their hands on their mouths; 1 their ears will be deaf. 1

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In The King James Version

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 out of the land of Egypt, 1 I will show them wonders. 1

17They will lick the dust like a snake, 1 like creatures that crawl on the earth. 1 They will come out of their dens with fear; 1 they will come with fear to you, Yahweh our God, 1 and they will be afraid because of you. 1

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Cross References

Job 29:9The princes used to refrain from talking when I came; 1 they would lay their hand on their mouths. 1

Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter 1 and our tongues with singing. 1 Then they said among the nations, 1 “Yahweh has done great things for them.” 1

Isaiah 52:15Even so, my servant will sprinkle many nations and kings will shut their mouths because of him. 1 For that which they had not been told, they will see, and that which they had not heard, they will understand.

Ezekiel 38:23For I will show my greatness and my holiness and I will make myself known in the eyes of the many nations, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'”

Micah 5:8The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, 1 among many peoples, 1 like a lion among the animals of the forest, 1 like a young lion among the flocks of sheep. 1 When he goes through them, 1 he will trample over them and tear them to pieces, 1 and there will be no one to save them. 1

Zechariah 12:9“On that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come 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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