Micah 7:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:14-20

Here is, I. The prophet's prayer to God to take care of his own people, and of their cause and interest, Mic. 7:14. When God is about to deliver his people he stirs up their friends to pray for them, and pours out a spirit of grace and supplication, Zech. 12:10. And when we see God coming towards us in ways of mercy, we must go forth to meet him by prayer. It is a prophetic prayer, which amounts to a promise of the good prayed for; what God directed his prophet to ask no doubt he designed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent ,.... Whose food is the dust of the earth, according to the curse pronounced on it, Genesis 3:14 ; and which is either its, natural food it chooses to live on, as some serpents however are said F15 Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 1. c. 44. col. 27. to do; or, going upon its belly, it cannot but take in a good deal of the dust of the earth along with its food; and hereby is signified the low, mean, abject, and cursed estate and condition of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:17

Verse 17 He afterwards adds, They shall lick the dust as a serpent He intimates, that however the enemies of the Church may have proudly exalted themselves before, they shall then be cast down, and lie, as it were, on the ground; for to lick the dust is nothing else but to lie prostrate on the earth. They shall then be low and creeping like serpents; and then, They shall move themselves as worms and reptiles of the ground The verb רגז, regez, as it has been stated elsewhere, means to raise an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

§ 7. The prophet in the name of the people prays for this promised salvation, and the Lord assures him that his mercies shall not fail, and that the hostile nations shall be humbled. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

Prayer and its response. How mysteriously great is the privilege of prayer! How wonderful that finite creatures may thus draw near to the Infinite, carrying their needs into the Divine presence, breathing their desires into the ear of God, and obtaining from him all required mercy and grace! We think of the patriarch who, weary and worn with his wanderings, slept, with a stone for his pillow, and we speak of the ladder he beheld connecting the spot where he lay with the very throne of God,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:15-17

The ultimate deliverance of man from sin. "According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto him marvellous things The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their cars shall be deaf. 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." In this passage there is an answer to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent ( Genesis 3:14 ; Isaiah 65:25 ). The enemies of God's people "shall lick the dust" ( Psalms 72:9 ), shall be reduced to the utmost degradation ( Isaiah 49:23 ). They shall move out of their holes, etc.; rather, they come trembling out of their close places (or, fastnesses, Psalms 18:46 ), like crawling things of the earth . They who prided themselves on their security shall come forth from their strongholds in utter fear, driven out... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a (the) serpent - To lick the dust, by itself, pictures the extreme humility of persons who east themselves down to the very earth (as in Psalms 72:9; Isaiah 49:23). To lick it “like the serpent” seems rather to represent the condition of those who share the serpent’s doom Genesis 3:14; Isaiah 65:25, whose lot, viz. earth and things of earth, they had chosen (Rup.): “They shall move out of their holes”, or, better, shall tremble, (that is, “come tremblingly,”) out... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 7:17

Micah 7:17. They shall lick the dust like a serpent They shall fall to the earth through fear, and carry themselves very humbly and submissively toward God’s people. They shall move out of their holes like worms They shall be afraid to stir out of their lurking-holes; and if they creep out like worms, they shall presently hide their heads again. They shall be afraid of the Lord our God Overthrowing the Babylonish empire by Cyrus. This is expressed Isaiah 45:1, by loosing the loins of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 7:1-20

Sin, repentance and forgiveness (7:1-20)Speaking as one of the genuine believers in the nation, Micah confesses that God’s accusations are true. The prophet can find nothing to satisfy him in the life of the people as a whole. Judah as a nation is fruitless and of no use to God (7:1).All around him Micah sees a society that is in a state of moral decay. Gang warfare is widespread, and law-breakers buy protection from judges. Rich businessmen and other influential persons bribe government... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:14-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 7:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 7:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 7:1-20

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