Cross References 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. Genesis 3:14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite: I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents. 2 Samuel 22:46 The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses. Psalm 18:45 The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths. Psalm 72:9 Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground. Isaiah 25:3 Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, the city of mighty nations shall fear thee. Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him. Isaiah 59:19 And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his glory when he shall come as a violent stream, which the spirit of the Lord driveth on: Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion and the ox shall eat straw; and dust shall be the serpent's food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. lick. Genesis 3:14,15 And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. . . . Psalm 72:9 Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground. Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him. Isaiah 60:14 And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion and the ox shall eat straw; and dust shall be the serpent's food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. Lamentations 3:29 Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come and adore before thy feet. And they shall know that I have loved thee. move. 1 Samuel 14:11 So both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said: Behold the Hebrews come forth out of the holes wherein they were hid. Psalm 18:45 The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths. Jeremiah 16:16 Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks. worms. Exodus 15:14-16 Nations rose up, and were angry: sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philisthiim. . . . Joshua 2:9-11 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength. . . . Joshua 9:24 They answered: It was told us, thy servants, that the Lord thy God had promised his servant Moses, to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives, compelled by the dread we had of you, and we took this counsel. Psalm 9:20 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men. Isaiah 2:19-21 And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth. . . . Isaiah 64:2 They would melt as at the burning of fire, the waters would burn with fire, that thy name might be made known to thy enemies: that the nations might tremble at thy presence. Jeremiah 33:9 And it shall be to me a name, and a joy, and a praise, and a gladness before all the nations of the earth, that shall hear of all the good things which I will do to them: and they shall fear and be troubled for all the good things, and for all the peace that I will make for them. Zechariah 14:5 And you shall flee to the valley of those mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall be joined even to the next, and you shall flee as you fled from the face of the earthquake in the days of Ozias king of Juda: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with him. Revelation 6:15-17 And the kings of the earth and the princes and tribunes and the rich and the strong and every bondman and every freeman hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of mountains: . . . Revelation 18:9,10 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived in delicacies with her, shall weep and bewail themselves over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning: . . . Context God's Compassion on Israel…16The nations shall see, and shall be confounded at all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17They 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.18Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.… Lexicon They will lickיְלַחֲכ֤וּ (yə·la·ḥă·ḵū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3897: To lick the dust עָפָר֙ (‘ā·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud like a snake, כַּנָּחָ֔שׁ (kan·nā·ḥāš) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5175: A serpent like reptiles slithering כְּזֹחֲלֵ֣י (kə·zō·ḥă·lê) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 2119: To shrink back, crawl away on the ground. אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land They will crawl יִרְגְּז֖וּ (yir·gə·zū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7264: To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed from their holes מִמִּסְגְּרֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם (mim·mis·gə·rō·ṯê·hem) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4526: Something enclosing, a margin, a stronghold in the presence of אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel our God; אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative they will tremble יִפְחָ֔דוּ (yip̄·ḥā·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6342: To dread, be in dread or in awe in fear וְיִֽרְא֖וּ (wə·yir·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten of you. מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ (mim·me·kā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of Additional Translations 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.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. 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. They shall lick the dust as serpents crawling on the earth, they shall be confounded in their holes; they shall be amazed at the Lord our God, and will be afraid of thee. 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. 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 the LORD our God, and shall be afraid because of thee. 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. They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you. 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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