par. 17. Philippians 2:10). They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the Lord our God they will come in dread And they will be afraid before You. move out of their holes—As reptiles from their holes, they shall come forth from their hiding-places, or fortresses (Ps 18:45), to give themselves up to the conquerors. Micah 7:17 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Micah 7:17, NIV: "They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground.They will come trembling out of their dens; they will turn in fear to the LORD our God and will be afraid of you." (r) "Et turpes humilesque, supplicesque, Pictorum sola basiate regum". 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. The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait … The phrase is used of the enemies of the, Messiah, and of the converted Jews and Gentiles at the latter day, and is expressive of their great submission to them; see Psalm 72:9; they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth; who put out their heads and draw them in again upon the least notice or approach of danger; or like serpents, as Jarchi and Kimchi, which lurk in holes, and creep out of them oft their bellies, or any other creeping things. lie is not spoken of; as becoming, any how, their God, and Micah closes by a thanksgiving, for God‘s pardoning mercy, not to them but to His people. They shall lick the dust like a serpent — They shall fall to the earth through fear, and carry themselves very humbly and submissively toward God’s people. The wordF19ירגזו "contremiscent", Munster, Tigurine version, Cocceius; "frement, sive tumultuabuntur", Calvin; "trepide prorepent", Burkius. Micah 7:7-17 are spoken upon behalf of the spiritual remnant, in whose mouths Micah places a confession of sins and a plea for Jehovah to receive them. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure. Thus the prophet parts with both out of sight; the people of God, feeding on the rich. Meaning the cruel empire of the Babylonians. here used signifies a tremulous and tumultuous motion, like the wriggling of a worm out of the earth; or the hurry of ants, when their nests are kicked or thrown up: this is expressive of the confusion and perturbation of the enemies of the Lord and his people; of the Babylonians, who were obliged in a hurry to leave their palaces, as the Targum and Aben Ezra interpret their holes, and their fortresses and towers, and deliver them to the Medes and Persians; and of Gog and Magog, and the antichristian states, who will be obliged to abandon their places of abode, and creep out of sight, and be reduced to the lowest and meanest condition; they shall be afraid of the Lord our God: because of the glory of his majesty, the greatness of his power, and for fear of his judgments: and shall fear because of thee; O God, or Israel, as Kimchi; the church of God, whom they despised and reproached before; but now shall be seized with a panic, and live in the utmost dread of, because of the power and glory of God in the midst of them, and lest they should fall a sacrifice to them. The first time this name occurs is in Judges 17:1 but after the introduction the name is carried on as Micah, and no translation names this man anything else in the first verse. Epigram. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net. Cain, being impenitent, lie wholly cast away; Abel, being penitent,” and through faith offering a better sacrifice than Cain, and “bringing forth fruits worthy of repentance, He accepted.” So He hath foreshown as to the end John 5:25, but who, in the end, shall be forced to hear it out of their close places or prisons, that is, the grave, and come forth in fear, when they shall “say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us” Luke 23:30; Revelation 6:16. Particularly it is said of the Persians, that they first kiss the pavement on which the king treads, before they speak unto him, as Quistorpius on the place relates; and Valerius MaximusF16L. There is a change here from speaking of God to speaking to God [Maurer]. They shall move out of their holes, so the strong holds and fastnesses of the Babylonians, who kept Israel in captivity, are called, like worms of the earth; which do with trembling and haste wriggle themselves out of their holes when the earth is shaken about them, or as when ants tumultuously in their fright run about from the ant-hill scattered with the foot; so should these enemies of Israel flee out of their holds, and leave them to conquering Persians, as Isaiah foretold, Isaiah 45:1-4. See Psalms 22:29; Psalms 72:9, Isaiah 49:23. They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the Lord our God they will come in dread And they will be afraid before You. Licking the dust is a figure describing total defeat (cf. I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave. 2. says, that when Darius Hystaspis was declared king by the neighing of his horse, the rest of the six candidates alighted from their horses, and prostrated their bodies to the ground, as is the manner of the Persians, and saluted him king; and HerodotusF17Polymnia, sive l. 7. c. 12. observes the same, custom among the Persians; and to this custom the poet MartialF18"Et turpes humilesque, supplicesque, Pictorum sola basiate regum". And whereas it is added, like a serpent, he puts them in mind of that old malediction, Gen. Micah 7:17 - BBE - They will take dust as their food like a snake,... Study verse in the Bible in Basic English — Ed. Impiety triumpheth in prosperity, trembleth in adversity: and contrarily, saith holy Greenham, since the fall, we tremble before God, angels, and good men. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nearest relations. ): “They shall move out of their holes”, or, better, shall tremble, (that is, “come tremblingly,”) out of their close places, whether these be strong places or prisons, as the word, varied in one vowel means. Nations, in Micah 7:16, 17, mean people outside who don’t know, and don’t want to hear. par. Thus the prophet brings us to the close of all things, the gladness and joy of God's people, the terror of His enemies, and adds only the song of thanksgiving of all the redeemed. It is doubtful, whether these last words express a “servile tear,” whereby a man turns away and flees from the person or thing which he fears, or whether they simply describe fear of God, the first step toward repentance. They shall lick the dust like a serpent —, They shall move out of their holes like worms —, They shall be afraid of the Lord our God —, loosing the loins of kings. [micah 7:18] who is a god like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? More literally, "they shall tremble from," that is, tremblingly come forth from their coverts. The allusion seems to be to the manner of the eastern nations, who, in complimenting their kings and great men, bowed so low to the ground with their faces, as to take up with their mouths the very dust of it. Micah 7:17 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. Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin; Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. They shall lick the dust like a serpent - in abject prostration as suppliants (Psalms 72:9, "His enemies shall lick the dust;" cf. like worms—reptiles or crawlers (De 32:24). ), to perpetual captivity; to Jerusalem, guilty but repenting, promising restoration. They shall lick the dust like a serpent] That is, be reduced not only to extreme hunger and penury, but to utmost vility and baseness of condition, so as to lick the very dust. Micah 7:1 The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. ), to perpetual captivity; to Jerusalem, guilty but repenting, promising restoration. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You. (r) They will fall flat on the ground because of fear. (200) It now follows —, (lang. So it is translated "serpents," Deuteronomy 32:24 [zoch. Then there is a lady Michaiah who is the wife of king Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 13:2) A prophet whose prophecies were not to Ahab's liking (1 Kings 22:8) Like a serpent; condemned to eat the dust and perpetually to crawl on the dust; it seems to intimate. They shall tremble forth from their holes: they shall in trepidation turn to the Lord for salvation (compare Note, see on Hosea 3:5, and Jeremiah 33:9). So did He show Himself to Cain and Abel, who both, as we all, sinned in Adam. What does this verse really mean? It is indeed right that the children of God should begin with diffidence, — sensible that they are nothing, and that all their strength is nothing; but they ought not to stop at their own weakness, but, on the contrary, to rise up to the contemplation of God’s power, that they may not doubt but that, when his power shall appear, their enemies shall be soon scattered. Bible Verses Like Micah 7:17 - cross references and similar Bible verses related to Baruch 3:18 - 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. They shall move out of their holes like worms (or creeping things) of the earth] They shall tumultuate, and be all on a huddle, like ants when their molehill is thrown up with a spade. And so the prophet ends, as he began, with the judgments of God; to those who would repent, chastisement, to the impenitent, punishment: “sentencing Samaria, guilty and not repenting” (Rup. מי אל כּמוך looks back to Exodus 15:11; but whether Micah also plays upon his own name is doubtful. lie is not spoken of; as becoming, any how, their God, and Micah closes by a thanksgiving, for God's pardoning mercy, not to them but to His people. MacArthur - As a result (cf. They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee. “Dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life” (Genesis 3:14). For, however to lay the hand on the mouth might be a token of reverent silence, the deafness of the ears can hardly be other than the emblem of hardened obstinacy. Lick the dust — In the most submissive, servile manner, testify their subjection. And shall fear because of thee; so that the name of Jews, their power and greatness shall be terrible to their enemies. (Theodoret; Sanct. 23A, has an interesting comparison between God's deliverance at the Red Sea (expressed in Moses' song) and Micah's victory praise (p. 203): 1. (s) "contremiscent", Munster, Tigurine version, Cocceius; "frement, sive tumultuabuntur", Calvin; "trepide prorepent", Burkius. They shall lick the dust like a serpent — They shall fall to the earth through fear, and carry themselves very humbly and submissively toward God’s people. Micah 7:17. So from the beginning of the world did God; so doth He; so shall He unto the end. Serpents, (Genesis iii. Micah 7:17 | View whole chapter | See verse in context They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worm s of the earth: they shall be afraid of … Micah 7:17. 7. c. 3. sect. Bible > Micah > Chapter 7 > Verse 17 Library • Free Downloads • eBibles Without can not be used by it self, meaning that it has to be minimum one more condition included (all/at least one,etc) all: "fish", without: "bread", will search for verses that contains "fish" but NOT "bread" start: They will come trembling out of their dens; they will turn in fear to the LORD our God and will be afraid of you. Micah 7:17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Or rather, “shall fear thee, Israel” [Henderson]. In Hosea‘s words, “they shall fear toward the Lord and His goodness” Hosea 3:5, the addition, and His goodness, determines the character of the fear. l. 10. Compare Psalms 72:9. cy) Oherwydd Jehova ein Duw ur arswydant, — I’m like someone who goes to the garden to pick cabbages and carrots and corn And returns empty-handed, finds nothing for soup or sandwich or salad. 1. l. 1. c. 44. col. 27. to do; or, going upon its belly, it cannot but take in a good deal of the dust of the earth along with its food; and hereby is signified the low, mean, abject, and cursed estate and condition of the seed of the serpent, wicked and ungodly men, the enemies of Christ and his people; who wilt be forced to yield subjection to him and his church, and will pretend the most profound respect for them, and the highest veneration of them. Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha And hence the Prophet adds, On account of Jehovah our God they shall treed, and they shall fear because of thee Here the Prophet shows, that the faithful ought not to distrust on account of their own weakness, but, on the contrary, to remember the infinite power of God. Right-living humans are extinct. 14.) In Hosea's words, "they shall fear toward the Lord and His goodness" Hosea 3:5, the addition, and His goodness, determines the character of the fear. they shall be afraid of the Lord — or, they shall in fear turn with haste to the Lord. earth and things of earth, they had chosen (Rup. ((q) Polymnia, sive l. 7. c. 12. Mayest Thou show truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which Thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old." Cain, being impenitent, lie wholly cast away; Abel, being penitent," and through faith offering a better sacrifice than Cain, and "bringing forth fruits worthy of repentance, He accepted." (o) Vid. Micah 7:17 (TMB) They shall lick the dust like a serpent; they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth. They, the proud and cruel enemies of Israel, the Babylonians, shall lick the dust; in the most submissive, servile manner testify their subjection, promise to serve and honour the Jews released out of captivity: it is an expression which alludes to the servile manner of those Eastern complimenters, Psalms 72:9 Isaiah 49:23, and was fulfilled in the days after the return. Thus the antithesis is brought out. l. 10. There’s not a decent person in sight. Micah 7:17 Wait for the God of Salvation. In Micah, it is not said that the fear brings them into any relation to God. (17) They shall lick the dust like a serpent.—The doom of the determined enemies of the Lord and His people recalls that of Satan, the great enemy, as personified by the serpent. Sorrow for Israel’s Sins - Woe is me! They will become as servile and humble as snakes. To fear because of thee, and to fear thee, are two distinct things. out of respect or rage. Micah 7:17 Context. They will stay focused on physical and sensory things, and will be in dread about knowledge of God. "tremble" (BDB 919), Exod. fear because of thee—shall fear Thee, Jehovah (and so fear Israel as under Thy guardianship). 17. More literally, “they shall tremble from,” that is, tremblingly come forth from their coverts. Or rather, "shall fear thee, Israel" [Henderson]. [micah 7:17] 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. And fear because of thee —. The word (s) here used signifies a tremulous and tumultuous motion, like the wriggling of a worm out of the earth; or the hurry of ants, when their nests are kicked or thrown up: this is expressive of the confusion and perturbation of the enemies of the Lord and his people; of the Babylonians, who were obliged in a hurry to leave their palaces, as the Targum and Aben Ezra interpret their holes, and their fortresses and towers, and deliver them to the Medes and Persians; and of Gog and Magog, and the antichristian states, who will be obliged to abandon their places of abode, and creep out of sight, and be reduced to the lowest and meanest condition; they shall be afraid of the Lord our God: because of the glory of his majesty, the greatness of his power, and for fear of his judgments: and shall fear because of thee; O God, or Israel, as Kimchi; the church of God, whom they despised and reproached before; but now shall be seized with a panic, and live in the utmost dread of, because of the power and glory of God in the midst of them, and lest they should fall a sacrifice to them. This is the reason why the Prophet here mentions the name of God, and then turns to address God himself. They shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of Thee. 71. refers; and Drusius says it is a custom in Asia to this day, that, when any go into the presence of a king, they kiss the ground, which is a token of the great veneration they have for him. Thus the antithesis is brought out. they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth; who put out their heads and draw them in again upon the least notice or approach of danger; or like serpents, as Jarchi and Kimchi, which lurk in holes, and creep out of them oft their bellies, or any other creeping things. 17 They shall lick the y dust like a serpent; z They shall crawl from their holes like 1 snakes of the earth. though they occupied well-fortified citadels, they yet were afraid, because the very fame of David had broken down their boldness. They shall lick the dust like a serpent,.... Whose food is the dust of the earth, according to the curse pronounced on it, Genesis 3:14; and which is either its, natural food it chooses to live on, as some serpents however are saidF15Vid. Tremble thenshall they at Jehovah our God, that is, on account of Jehovah our God; and then Fear shall they because of thee. They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth. They shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of Thee. This is expressed Isaiah 45:1, by loosing the loins of kings. “They shall be afraid of”, or rather come trembling to, the Lord our God; it is uot said their, but our God, who hath done so great things for us. Colossians 27. Ver. So did He show Himself to Cain and Abel, who both, as we all, sinned in Adam. Isaiah 49:23, "They (kings and queens) shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet;" Isaiah 65:25, "Dust shall be the serpent's meat"). Ver. Micah 7:18-19. Who is a God like unto thee — That is, there is no God like unto thee; that passeth by the transgression of the remnant, &c. — That pardons the offences of the remainder of his people, namely, of those that shall survive the various punishments and destructions brought upon … lick the dust — in abject prostration as suppliants (Psalm 72:9; compare Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 65:25). Study Micah 7 using The Geneva Study Bible to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Micah 7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of … What have I to do with thee, thou man of God (said she), art thou come to call to mind my sin and to kill my son? Israel’s Misery - What misery is mine! Ge 12:3; Is 52:15). And this comparison ought to be carefully noticed, that is, when the Prophet compares powerful nations well exercised in wars, who before were audaciously raging, and were swollen with great pride — when he compares them to worms and reptiles of the ground, and also to serpents: he did this to show, that there will be nothing to hinder God from laying prostrate every exalted thing in the world, as soon as it shall please him to aid his Church. they shall be afraid of the Lord—or, they shall in fear turn with haste to the Lord. move out of their holes — As reptiles from their holes, they shall come forth from their hiding-places, or fortresses (Psalm 18:45), to give themselves up to the conquerors. lxvii.). Ephesians 71. For I am like those who gather summer fruits, Like those who glean vintage grapes; There is no cluster to eat Of the first-ripe fruit which my soul desires. when the kings of Persia favoured the Jews, and (as the manner of courtiers is) in compliance with their kings the grandees forwarded the prosperity of the Jews, as may easily be conjectured from the 6th and 7th chapters of Ezra. Micah 7:10), the vaunted pride and power of the nations would be rendered powerless (cf. (p) L. 7. c. 3. sect. Micah 7:17 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. They shall lick the dust like a (the) serpent - To lick the dust, by itself, pictures the extreme humility of persons who east themselves down to the very earth (as in Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 49:23). The text is parallel to that of Jeremiah 33:9, They shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and the prosperity that I procure unto it; that is, unto Jerusalem. Micah 7:1 2. You will have the first form in Joshua 10:8; and the second in Deuteronomy 31:12. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. "The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in … Micah 7:17. They shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and the prosperity that I procure unto it; they come trembling out of their close places, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:24, the same word). In Micah, it is not said that the fear brings them into any relation to God. Bochart. The first refers to the fear of the Canaanites, the dread of their power; the second, to the fear of Jehovah. Micah 7 / Micah 7:17 17 They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground. Hierozoic. They shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee] O God, or, O Church, terrible as an army with banners. Micah 7:18. It is doubtful, whether these last words express a "servile tear," whereby a man turns away and flees from the person or thing which he fears, or whether they simply describe fear of God, the first step toward repentance. a They shall be afraid of the LORD our God, And shall fear because of You. Commentary on Micah 7:1-7 (Read Micah 7:1-7) The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Micah 7. A final prophecy of what God will do (Micah 7:18-20) brings the prophecy of Micah to a close. Ep. iii., and gives them to know, that as, like that old serpent, they have lifted themselves up against God, so will God cast them down again to the condition of serpents, and abase them to the very dust. lick the dust. But as the Prophet speaks here of worms, I prefer this rendering, — ‘from their lurkingplaces;’ as though he said, “Though they have hitherto thought themselves safe in their enclosures, they shall yet move and flee away like worms and reptiles; for when the ground is dug, the worms immediately leap out, for they think that they are going to be taken; so also, when any one moves the ground, the reptiles come forth, and tremblingly run away in all directions.” And the Prophet says that, in like manner, the enemies of the Church, when the Lord shall arise for its help, shall be smitten with so much fear, that they shall in every direction run away. Of the Lord our God; who did powerfully work for Cyrus in order to the delivering us out of captivity. 2. bounty and abundance of God, and His marvelous gifts of grace above and beyond nature, multiplied to them above all the wonders of old time; the enemies of God's people looking on, not to, admire, but to be ashamed, not to be healthfully ashamed, but to be willfully deaf to the voice of God. Or, if the prophet be considered as addressing God, the meaning is, When they understand that it was long before denounced by the prophets that destruction should come upon them, and thy people be delivered, and they see all things tending to bring this to pass, then shall they begin to be afraid of thy power. 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