They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of you. Treasury of Scripture lick. Genesis 3:14,15 And the LORD God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field... Psalm 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers... Isaiah 60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted you shall come bending to you... Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat... Lamentations 3:29 He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold... move. 1 Samuel 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold... Psalm 18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. Jeremiah 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, said the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters... worms. or, creeping things. they shall be. Exodus 15:14-16 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina... Joshua 2:9-11 And she said to the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror is fallen on us... Joshua 9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants... Psalm 9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Isaiah 2:19-21 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty... Isaiah 64:2 As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries... Jeremiah 33:9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth... Zechariah 14:5 And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal: yes, you shall flee... Revelation 6:15-17 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every slave... Revelation 18:9,10 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall mourn her, and lament for her...
Context God's Compassion on Israel
14Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the middle of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show to him marvelous things. 16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand on their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of you. 18Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger for ever, because he delights in mercy. 19He will turn again, he will have compassion on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall lick the dust like serpents, as the creeping things of the earth, they shall be disturbed in their houses: they shall dread the Lord our God, and shall fear thee.
Darby Bible Translation
They shall lick dust like the serpent; like crawling things of the earth, they shall come trembling forth from their close places. They shall turn with fear to Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
King James Bible
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Young's Literal Translation
They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee.
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