弥迦书 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 弥迦书 Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. 耶户下令将亚哈七十个儿子的首级送来，装在篓子里堆成两堆放在城门口，说这应验了以利亚预言；他消灭了亚哈在耶斯列的全家；他杀了四十二个亚哈谢的弟兄；耶户用诡计召集所有巴力先知进入巴力庙，然后杀尽他们；神应许耶户「你的子孙必坐以色列的王位，直到四代」，但耶户偏离了以色列全心跟从神。
其他译本
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.
交叉参考
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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.