Verse 17
lick the dust. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the utmost humiliation, as in Genesis 3:14 . Compare Psalms 72:9 . Isaiah 49:23 .
move = come quaking.
holes = fastnesses. Hebrew. misgereth.
worms. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:24 , the same word). Occurs only in these two places.
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