Micah 7:17

Overview - Micah 7
The church, complaining of her small number,
and the general corruption,
puts her confidence not in man, but in God.
She triumphs over her enemies.
14 She prays to God.
15 God comforts her by promises of confusion to her enemies;
18 and by his mercies.
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Micah 7:17  (King James Version)
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.
 


lick
Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:15 ; Psalms 72:9 ; Isaiah 49:23 ; 60:14 65:25 Lamentations 3:29 ; Revelation 3:9

move
1 Samuel 14:11 ; Psalms 18:45 ; Jeremiah 16:16

worms
or, creeping things. they shall be.
Exodus 15:14-16 ; Joshua 2:9-11 ; 9:24 Psalms 9:20 ; Isaiah 2:19-21 ; 64:2 Jeremiah 33:9
Zechariah 14:5 ; Revelation 6:15-17 ; Revelation 18:9 Revelation 18:10