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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Micah 7:17 - 7:17
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lick the dust - in abject prostration as suppliants (Psa 72:9; compare Isa 49:23; Isa 65:25).
move out of their holes - As reptiles from their holes, they shall come forth from their hiding-places, or fortresses (Psa 18:45), 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 (Deu 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 Hos 3:5, and Jer 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].