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.
Context
This verse from Micah Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Micah laments the absence of the godly in the land where officials and judges demand bribes and a man's enemies are members of his own household. The poem pivots to hope: though I fall I will rise; though I sit …
Other Translations
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.
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.
They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.
Cross References
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and …
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise …
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a …
And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror …
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage …
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded …
And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come …
Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.