Micah 7:16

Micah 7:16 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears will become deaf.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;
• New King James Version (NKJV)The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; They shall put their hand over their mouth; Their ears shall be deaf.

Context of Micah 7:16

14Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your possession Which lives by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old. 15“As in the days when you went out from the land of Egypt, I will show you miracles.” Nations will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf. 17They will lick up dust like a snake, Like reptiles of the earth. They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the Lord our God they will come in trepidation, And they will be afraid of You. 18Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.

Micah 7:16 word by word

יִרְא֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ וְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּ מִכֹּ֖ל גְּבֽוּרָתָ֑ם יָשִׂ֤ימוּ יָד֙ עַל־פֶּ֔ה אָזְנֵיהֶ֖ם תֶּחֱרַֽשְׁנָה׃Read the interlinear

• Nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• will seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and beבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• Of allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• their mightגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
• putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• handיָדyâd · handH3027
• mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• Their earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• will beחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
• deafחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790

Cross-references for Micah 7:16

• Micah 5:8The remnant of Jacob Will be among the nations, Among many peoples Like a lion among the animals of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Which, if he passes through, Tramples and tears, And there is no one who can rescue.
• Psalms 126:2Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
• Isaiah 26:11Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.
• Isaiah 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all the nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.
• Ezekiel 38:23So I will prove Myself great, show Myself holy, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord.”’
• Ezekiel 39:17“Now as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Say to every kind of bird and to every animal of the field: “Assemble and come, gather from every direction to My sacrifice, which I am going to sacrifice for you as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel; and you will eat flesh and drink blood.
• Zechariah 8:20“The Lord of armies says this: ‘It will yet turn out that peoples will come, that is, the inhabitants of many cities.
• Zechariah 12:9And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
• Revelation 11:18And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
• Job 21:5Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth.
• Job 29:9The leaders stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;
• Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I say in response to You? I put my hand on my mouth.
• Isaiah 52:15So He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him; For what they had not been told, they will see, And what they had not heard, they will understand.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

Commentaries on Micah 7:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The nations shall see and be confounded - Whether the words in these verses ( Micah 7:15-17;) be applied to the return from the Babylonish captivity, or to the prosperity of the Jews under the Maccabees, they may be understood as ultimately applicable to the final restoration of this people, and their lasting prosperity under the Gospel.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The nations shall see - God had answered, what He would give to His own people, to see. Micah takes up the word, and says, what effect this sight should have upon the enemies of God and of His people. The world should still continue to be divided between the people of God and their adversaries. Those who are converted pass from the one to the other; but the contrast remains. Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, pass away or become subject to other powers; but the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 When God is about to deliver his people, he stirs up their friends to pray for them. Apply spiritually the prophet's prayer to Christ, to take care of his church, as the great Shepherd of the sheep, and to go before them, while they are here in this world as in a wood, in this world but not of it. God promises in answer to this prayer, he will do that for them which shall be repeating the miracles of former ages. As their sin brought them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16God promised that all nations would receive blessings through Abraham's descendants (Genesis 12:3). This promise would come true with the restoration of God's chosen people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. shall see--the "marvellous things" (Mi 7:15; Is 26:11). confounded at all their might--having so suddenly proved unavailing: that might wherewith they had thought that there is nothing which they could not effect against God's people. lay ... hand upon ... mouth--the gesture of silence (Job 21:5; 40:4; Psa 107:42; Is 52:15). They shall be struck dumb at Israel's marvellous deliverance, and no longer boast that God's people is destroyed. ears…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Micah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings