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Micah 7:16

14 Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

15 As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders.

Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
KJV
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
WEB
The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
ASV
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
DARBY
The nations shall see, and be ashamed for all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
BLB
Nations will see, and they will be ashamed of all their might; they will put the hand over the mouth; their ears will become deaf.
ÅB
Folkene skal se det og skamme seg
over all sin makt.
De skal legge hånden på munnen,
ørene deres skal bli døve.
OTB
Nasjoner vil se og bli skamfulle
Over all sin makt.
De vil legge hånden på munnen,
Deres ører vil bli døve.
B1930
Hedningefolk skal se det og skamme sig ved alt sitt velde; de skal legge hånden på sin munn, deres ører skal bli døve.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 26:11

    O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

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  • Isaiah 52:15

    so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

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  • Job 40:4

    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

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  • Job 29:9–10

    The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

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  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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  • Psalms 126:2

    Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

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  • Isaiah 66:18

    “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

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  • Zechariah 8:20–23

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

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