the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Micah 7:16
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Nations will see and be ashamedof all their power.They will put their hands over their mouths,and their ears will become deaf.
The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
The nations shall see, and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand vpon their mouth: their eares shall be deafe.
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;
Nations will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf.
When the nations see those miracles, they will no longer brag about their power. They will put their hands over their mouths, refusing to listen.
The [pagan] nations shall see [God's omnipotence in delivering Israel] and be ashamed Of all their might [which cannot be compared to His]. They shall put their hand on their mouth [in silent astonishment]; Their ears shall be deaf.
The nations shall see, and be confounded for all their power: they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth: their eares shall be deafe.
Nations will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf.
Nations will see and be ashamedOf all their might.They will put their hand on their mouth;Their ears will be deaf.
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.
Nations will see this and be ashamed because of their helpless armies. They will be in shock, unable to speak or hear,
The nations will see and be put to shame, in spite of all their power. They will cover their mouths with their hands, and their ears will be deafened.
—The nations shall see, and be ashamed for all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
The nations will see those miracles, and they will be ashamed. They will see that their "power" is nothing compared to mine. They will be amazed and put their hands over their mouths. They will cover their ears and refuse to listen.
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
The nations will see this and be frustrated in spite of all their strength. In dismay they will close their mouths and cover their ears.
The nations will see and be ashamed because of all their might. They will lay the hand on the mouth; their ears will be deaf.
The nations shall see and be ashamed from all their might. They shall set the hand on their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.
The nations shall see and be put to shame for all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
This shall the heathen see, and be ashamed for all their power: so that they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth, and stoppe their eares.
The nations shall see and be ashamed; and at all their might they shall lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
hethene men schulen se, and thei schulen be confoundid on al her strengthe; thei schulen putte hondis on her mouth, the eris of hem schulen be deef;
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand on their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.
All the nations of the world will stand amazed at what the Lord will do for you. They will be embarrassed at their feeble power. They will cover their mouths in silent awe, deaf to everything around them.
Nations will see and be ashamed of all their power. They will put their hands on their mouths, and will not be able to hear with their ears.
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;
Nations, shall see, that they may turn pale at all their valour, - they shall lay hand on mouth, their ears, shall be silent:
The nations shall see, and shall be confounded at all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;
See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.
This shal the Heithen se, and be a?shamed for all their power: so that they shal laye their honde vpon their mouth, and stoppe their eares.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
nations: Micah 5:8, Psalms 126:2, Isaiah 26:11, Isaiah 66:18, Ezekiel 38:23, Ezekiel 39:17-21, Zechariah 8:20-23, Zechariah 12:9, Revelation 11:18
lay: Job 21:5, Job 29:9, Job 29:10, Job 40:4, Isaiah 52:15, Romans 3:19
Reciprocal: Judges 18:19 - lay thine Nehemiah 2:10 - it grieved Proverbs 14:19 - General Proverbs 30:32 - lay Jeremiah 33:9 - fear Jeremiah 46:22 - voice Micah 4:3 - and rebuke Zephaniah 3:15 - he hath Zechariah 10:6 - I will strengthen Zechariah 12:8 - he Zechariah 14:12 - the plague wherewith Acts 13:17 - and with
Cross-References
Luke 17:26,27">[xr] Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female;
also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him.
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, "Destroy!'
Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Then you will walk safely in your way, And your foot will not stumble.
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might,.... The Chaldeans or Babylonians, when they shall see the wonderful things done by the Lord in the deliverance of his people out of their hands, shall be ashamed of their own power and might, in which they trusted, and of which they boasted; but now shall be baffled and defeated, and not able to stop the progress of the arms of Cyrus, or detain the Jews any longer their captives; or they shall be confounded at the power and strength the Jews will have to repossess their land, rebuild their city and temple, under the encouragement and protection of the king of Persia; and as this may refer to a further accomplishment in Gospel times, it may respect the confusion the Gentile world would be in at the mighty power and spread of the Gospel, in the conversion of such multitudes by it, and in the abolition of the Pagan religion. Kimchi interprets this of the nations that shall be gathered together with Gog and Magog against Jerusalem in the latter day; see
Ezekiel 38:15;
they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth: be silent, and boast no more of themselves; nor blaspheme God and his word; nor insult his people; nor oppose his Gospel, or open their mouths any more against his truths and his ordinances:
their ears shall be deaf; hearing so much of the praises of God, of the success of his interest, and of the happiness of his peopled dinned in their ears, they will be stunned with it, and scarce know what they hear; become deaf with the continual noise of it, which will be disagreeable to them; and will choose to hear no more, and therefore through envy and grief will stop their ears at what is told them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The 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 antagonism continues. The nations are they, who, at each time, waste, oppress, are arrayed against, the people of God. When the Gospel came into the world, the whole world was arrayed against it. These then, he says, “shall see”, that is, the marvelous works of God, which God should shew His people, and be ashamed at, that is, “because of all their might”, their own might. They put forth their whole might, and it failed them against the marvelous might of God. They should array might against might, and be ashamed at the failure of “all their might”.
The word all is very emphatic; it implies that they had put forth all, and that all had failed them, and proved to be weakness. So the pagan might was often put to shame and gnashed its teeth, when it could avail nothing against the strength to endure which God gave to His martyrs. Its strength to inflict and to crush was baffled before the hidden might of God’s Spirit. “They shall lay their hand upon their mouth”, in token that they were reduced to silence, having no more to say ; for He promised, “I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist” (Luke 21:15, compare Acts 5:29); and they had to own, “indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them, and we cannot deny it. Their ears shall be deaf” Acts 4:16; they shall be silent, as though they had heard nothing, as if they were both dumb and deaf .
Yet it seems too that they are willfully deaf, shutting their ears out of envy and hatred, that they might not hear what great things God had done for His people, nor hear the voice of truth and be converted and healed. Rup.: “The nations and the Emperors of the nations saw, Jews and Gentiles saw, and were ashamed at all their might, because their might, great as it was accounted, upheld by laws and arms, could not overcome the mighty works, which the Good Shepherd did among His people or flock by His rod, that is, by His power, through weak and despised persons, the aged, or oftentimes even by boys and girls. They were then ashamed at all their might which could only touch the “earthen vessels” 2 Corinthians 4:7, but could not take away the treasure which was in them. What shall I say of the wisdom of those same nations? Of this too they were ashamed, as he adds, “They shall put their hands upon their mouths”. For, in comparison with the heavenly wisdom, which spake by them and made their tongues eloquent, dumb was all secular eloquence, owning by its silence that it was convicted and confounded.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Micah 7:16. The 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.
