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Micah 7:17 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Micah 7:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Micah chapter 7 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. worms: or, creeping things”
Micah 7:17 (KJV)
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Commentary on Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent (yelechaku afar kannachash, יְלַחֲכוּ עָפָר כַּנָּחָשׁ). This vivid imagery draws from Genesis 3:14's curse on the serpent: "upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat." Licking dust symbolizes total humiliation and defeat—enemies reduced to crawling in submission like the cursed serpent. It reverses their former arrogance, showing complete subjugation.They shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth (yirgezu mimisgroteihem kezochale eretz, יִרְגְּזוּ מִמִּסְגְּרֹתֵיהֶם כְּזֹחֲלֵי אֶרֶץ). Ragaz (רָגַז, "tremble/quake") indicates fear...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Micah 7:17
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“and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth”
“They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.”
“and shall come trembling out of their close places.”
“the princes”
“Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.,And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:,וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃ ,And the LORD God said unto the serpent: Because thou hast done this”
“I will send for many fishermen”
“you shall flee”
“for a praise and for a glory”
“and into the holes of the earth”
“and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain”