Micah 7:16

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.

Job 40:4

“Indeed, I am completely unworthy – how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

Psalm 126:2

At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, “The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”

Proverbs 30:32

If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!

Isaiah 26:11

O Lord, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.

Isaiah 52:15

his form was so marred he no longer looked human – so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about.

Isaiah 66:18

“I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor.

Ezekiel 38:23

I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

Micah 3:7

The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”

Micah 5:8

Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.

Haggai 2:22

I will overthrow royal thrones and shatter the might of earthly kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and those who ride them, and horses and their riders will fall as people kill one another.

Zechariah 12:9

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

Revelation 11:18

The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth.”