They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth. Compare Psalms 72:9. 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). Micah 7:18. Israel’s Misery - What misery is mine! 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. KJ21 Who is a God like unto Thee, who pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? 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. Ac ovnant rhagddot. Micah 7 / Micah 7:17 17 They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground. There is a change here from speaking of God to speaking to God [Maurer]. More literally, 'they shall tremble from' - i:e., tremblingly come forth from their coverts. Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha MacArthur - As a result (cf. 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. 15:14 and Micah 7:17. 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 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. They shall move out of their holes - as reptiles from their holes, they shall come forth from their hiding-places, or fortresses, to give themselves up to the conquerors (Psalms 18:45, "The strangers (the foreign foes) shall ... be afraid out of their close places"). 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. You will have the first form in Joshua 10:8; and the second in Deuteronomy 31:12. (Theodoret; Sanct. 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. [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. like worms—reptiles or crawlers (De 32:24). Right-living humans are extinct. Micah 7:17 Context. It seems to picture the reprobate, who would not "hear the Voice of the Son of God and live" 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. The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait … par. 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. Impiety triumpheth in prosperity, trembleth in adversity: and contrarily, saith holy Greenham, since the fall, we tremble before God, angels, and good men. out of respect or rage. 17 They shall lick the y dust like a serpent; z They shall crawl from their holes like 1 snakes of the earth. Like worms - rather, a general name for all kinds of reptiles or crawlers. 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. What follows, then, seems more like the unwilling creeping-forth into the Presence of God, when they cannot keep away, than conversion. They shall move out of their holes like worms — They shall be afraid to stir out of their lurking-holes; and if they creep out like worms, they shall presently hide their heads again. More literally, “they shall tremble from,” that is, tremblingly come forth from their coverts. Epigram. Micah 7:17 KJ21 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth. 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. 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. (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. 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. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure. Study Micah 7 using The Geneva Study Bible to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Thus the antithesis is brought out. 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. 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. Ver. Contempt and violation of domestic duties are a sad symptom of universal corruption. (p) L. 7. c. 3. sect. A final prophecy of what God will do (Micah 7:18-20) brings the prophecy of Micah to a close. Micah 7:17 (TMB) They shall lick the dust like a serpent; they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth. 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. The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. This is the reason why the Prophet here mentions the name of God, and then turns to address God himself. lick the dust — in abject prostration as suppliants (Psalm 72:9; compare Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 65:25). They shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of Thee. Or rather, "shall fear thee, Israel" [Henderson]. 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. [micah 7:18] who is a god like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? 17. 17. Serpents, (Genesis iii. 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? Micah 7:1 Micah 7:17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. So did He show Himself to Cain and Abel, who both, as we all, sinned in Adam. To lick it “like the serpent” seems rather to represent the condition of those who share the serpent‘s doom Genesis 3:14; Isaiah 65:25, whose lot, viz. 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. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the utmost humiliation, as in Genesis 3:14. 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. Meaning the cruel empire of the Babylonians. Colossians 27. Ephesians 71. 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. 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. And fear because of thee — When they shall see Almighty God appear so conspicuously in thy favour. 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. So it is translated "serpents," Deuteronomy 32:24 [zoch. They shall then be low and creeping like serpents; and then, They shall move themselves as worms and reptiles of the ground The verb רגז, regez, as it has been stated elsewhere, means to raise an uproar, to tumultuate, and it means also to move one’s self; and this latter meaning is the most suitable here, namely, that they shall go forth or move themselves from their enclosures; for the word סגר, sager, signifies to close up: and by enclosures he means hiding-places, though in the song of David, in Psalms 18:0 :, the word is applied to citadels and other fortified places, —, ‘Men,’ he says, ‘trembled from their fortresses;’. Epigram. 2. Josh 2:9–11) and, having been humbled (Mic 7:17), they would no longer listen to or engage in the taunting of His people (Mic 7:16b; cf. 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. They will become as servile and humble as snakes. 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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. Thus the antithesis is brought out. Ver. Genesis 3:14; Psalm 72:9 Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 65:25). Micah 7:1 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. Stick Around to See What God Will Do - I’m overwhelmed with sorrow! (r) "Et turpes humilesque, supplicesque, Pictorum sola basiate regum". 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." Micah 7:17 Wait for the God of Salvation. This is expressed Isaiah 45:1, by loosing the loins of kings. Micah 7:17 Translation & Meaning. They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth. Rup. And fear because of thee —. 1. l. 1. c. 44. 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. 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. ): “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. 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. In Micah, it is not said that the fear brings them into any relation to God. 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) The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Nations, in Micah 7:16, 17, mean people outside who don’t know, and don’t want to hear. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. 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. Philippians 2:10). 7. c. 3. sect. So did He show Himself to Cain and Abel, who both, as we all, sinned in Adam. 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). Bochart. fear because of thee — shall fear Thee, Jehovah (and so fear Israel as under Thy guardianship). 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. lxvii.). (s) "contremiscent", Munster, Tigurine version, Cocceius; "frement, sive tumultuabuntur", Calvin; "trepide prorepent", Burkius. Hierozoic. 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. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nearest relations. מי אל כּמוך looks back to Exodus 15:11; but whether Micah also plays upon his own name is doubtful. Bochart. Micah 7:16. So from the beginning of the world did God; so doth He; so shall He unto the end. Holes — Their strong holds, and fastnesses. The Hebrew word imports great commotion and bustle. More literally, "they shall tremble from," that is, tremblingly come forth from their coverts. Occurs only in these two places. 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. 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 7:7-17 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. Tremble thenshall they at Jehovah our God, that is, on account of Jehovah our God; and then Fear shall they because of thee. 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. ), to perpetual captivity; to Jerusalem, guilty but repenting, promising restoration. 2. 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. 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"). 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. Or rather, “shall fear thee, Israel” [Henderson]. In Micah, it is not said that the fear brings them into any relation to God. They will surrender to Yahweh, Israel"s God, and come before Him in fear and dread of what He will do to them (cf. Bible > Micah > Chapter 7 > Verse 17 Library • Free Downloads • eBibles He afterwards adds, They shall lick the dust as a serpent He intimates, that however the enemies of the Church may have proudly exalted themselves before, they shall then be cast down, and lie, as it were, on the ground; for to lick the dust is nothing else but to lie prostrate on the earth. 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. 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