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 {H3897} the dust {H6083} like a serpent {H5175}, they shall move {H7264} out of their holes {H4526} like worms {H2119} of the earth {H776}: they shall be afraid {H6342} of the LORD {H3068} our God {H430}, and shall fear {H3372} because of thee.

They will lick the dust like snakes; they will emerge from their fortresses trembling like reptiles that crawl about on the earth; they will come with fear to ADONAI our God, afraid because of you.

They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 49:23 (6 votes)

    And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

  • Psalms 72:9 (5 votes)

    They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

  • Psalms 18:45 (4 votes)

    The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

  • Jeremiah 33:9 (2 votes)

    And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

  • Isaiah 25:3 (2 votes)

    Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

  • Jeremiah 16:16 (2 votes)

    Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

  • Lamentations 3:29 (2 votes)

    He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.