Micah 7:17

They 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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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 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

18Who is a God like you— 1 who takes away sin, 1 who passes over the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? 1 He does not keep his anger forever, 1 because he delights in his covenant faithfulness. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:14The peoples will hear, and they will tremble; 1 terror will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. 1

Joshua 9:24They answered Joshua and said, “Because it was told to your servants that Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you—so we were very afraid for our lives because of you. That is why we did this thing.

2 Samuel 22:46The foreigners came trembling out of their strongholds. 1

Psalms 9:20Terrify them, Yahweh; 1 may the nations know that they are mere men. Selah

Psalms 72:9May those who live in the wilderness bow down before him; 1 may his enemies lick the dust. 1

Isaiah 2:19Men will go into the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, 1 from the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. 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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