Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 3:7
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7. cover their lips —The Orientals prided themselves on the moustache and beard ("upper lip," Margin ). To cover it, therefore, was a token of shame and sorrow ( Leviticus 13:45 ; Ezekiel 24:17 ; Ezekiel 24:22 ). "They shall be so ashamed of themselves as not to dare to open their mouths or boast of the name of prophet" [CALVIN]. there is no answer of God —They shall no more profess to have responses from God, being struck dumb with calamities ( Ezekiel 24:22- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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