Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 7:17

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17. lick the dust —in abject prostration as suppliants ( Psalms 72:9 ; compare Isaiah 49:23 ; Isaiah 65:25 ). move out of their holes —As reptiles from their holes, they shall come forth from their hiding-places, or fortresses ( Isaiah 65:25- : ), to give themselves up to the conquerors. More literally, "they shall tremble from," that is, tremblingly come forth from their coverts. like worms —reptiles or crawlers ( Deuteronomy 32:24 ). they shall be afraid of the Lord —or, they shall in fear turn with haste to the Lord. Thus the antithesis is brought out. They shall tremble forth from their holes: they shall in trepidation turn to the Lord for salvation (compare Note, see on Deuteronomy 32:24- : , and Jeremiah 33:9 ). fear because of thee —shall fear Thee, Jehovah (and so fear Israel as under Thy guardianship). There is a change here from speaking of God to speaking to God [MAURER]. Or rather, "shall fear thee, Israel" [HENDERSON]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-mic-7-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/mic-7-17

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological