lamberão o pó como as serpentes, como os répteis da terra. Tremendo, sairão de seus retiros, e virão amedrontadas para o Senhor nosso Deus; e elas vos temerão.
Miquéias 7:17
Comentário de Albert Barnes
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 Psalm 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 of their close places, whether these be strong places or prisons, as the word, varied in one vowel means. If it be strong places, it means, that “the enemies of God’s people should, in confusion and tumltuously with fear, leave their strongholds, wherein they thought to be secure, not able to lift themselves up against God and those by Him sent against them.” “Like worms of the earth”, literally, creeping things, or, as we say, reptiles, contemptuously. “They shall be afraid of”, or rather come trembling to, the Lord our God; it is uot said their, but our God, who hath done so great things for us. And shall fear because of (literally, from) Thee, O Lord, of whom they had before said, Where is the Lord thy God?
It is doubtful, whether these last words express a “servile tear,” whereby a man turns away and flees from the person or thing which he fears, or whether they simply describe fear of God, the first step toward repentance. In Hosea’s words, “they shall fear toward the Lord and His goodness” Hosea 3:5 , the addition, and His goodness, determines the character of the fear. In Micah, it is not said that the fear brings them into any relation to God. lie is not spoken of; as becoming, any how, their God, and Micah closes by a thanksgiving, for God’s pardoning mercy, not to them but to His people.
And so the prophet ends, as he began, with the judgments of God; to those who would repent, chastisement, to the impenitent, punishment: “sentencing Samaria, guilty and not repenting” (Rup.), to perpetual captivity; to Jerusalem, guilty but repenting, promising restoration. So from the beginning of the world did God; so doth He; so shall He unto the end. So did He show Himself to Cain and Abel, who both, as we all, sinned in Adam. Cain, being impenitent, lie wholly cast away; Abel, being penitent,” and through faith offering a better sacrifice than Cain, and “bringing forth fruits worthy of repentance, He accepted.” So He hath foreshown as to the end John 5:25 , but who, in the end, shall be forced to hear it out of their close places or prisons, that is, the grave, and come forth in fear, when they shall “say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us” Luke 23:30 ; Apocalipse 6:16 . Thus the prophet brings us to the close of all things, the gladness and joy of God’s people, the terror of His enemies, and adds only the song of thanksgiving of all the redeemed.
Comentário de Joseph Benson
Miquéias 7:17 . Eles lamberão o pó como uma serpente – cairão na terra através do medo e se comportarão humildemente e submissamente em direção ao povo de Deus. Eles sairão de seus buracos como vermes – terão medo de sair de seus buracos à espreita; e se rastejarem como vermes, logo esconderão a cabeça novamente. Eles terão medo do Senhor nosso Deus – Derrubando o império babilônico por Ciro. Isso é expresso em Isaías 45: 1 , perdendo os lombos dos reis. E teme por sua causa – Quando eles virem o Deus Todo-Poderoso aparecer tão claramente em seu favor. O texto é paralelo ao de Jeremias 33: 9. Eles temerão e tremerão por toda a bondade e prosperidade que eu lhe ganho; isto é, para Jerusalém. Ou, se o profeta for considerado como se dirigindo a Deus, o significado é: Quando eles entendem que foi há muito tempo denunciado pelos profetas que a destruição deveria cair sobre eles, e que seu povo fosse libertado, e eles vêem todas as coisas tendendo a levar isso a sério. passar, então eles começarão a ter medo do teu poder.
Comentário de E.W. Bullinger
lamber o pó. Colocado pela Figura do discurso Metonímia (do Adjunto), para a maior humilhação, como em Gênesis 3:14 . Compare Salmos 72: 9 . Isaías 49:23 .
move = venha tremendo.
orifícios = solidez. Hebraico. misgereth.
vermes. Referência ao Pentateuco ( Deuteronômio 32:24 , a mesma palavra). Ocorre apenas nesses dois lugares.