Micah 7:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְא֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ וְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּ מִכֹּ֖ל גְּבֽוּרָתָ֑ם יָשִׂ֤ימוּ יָד֙ עַל־פֶּ֔ה אָזְנֵיהֶ֖ם תֶּחֱרַֽשְׁנָה׃

Transliteration

They will yirʾû gôyim and yēbōšû from-all their gəbûrātām; they will yāśîmû yād upon-peh, their ʾoznêhem teḥĕrašnāh.

Grammar Details

*yirʾû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will see
*gôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations
*wə*: conjunction - and
*yēbōšû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be ashamed
*mi-kōl*: preposition + masculine singular construct - from all of
*gəbûrātām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their might/strength
*yāśîmû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will put/place
*yād*: feminine singular noun - hand
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*peh*: masculine singular noun - mouth
*ʾoznêhem*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their ears
*teḥĕrašnāh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will be deaf/silent

Word Meanings

*yirʾû*: they will see/perceive/observe
*gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
*yēbōšû*: they will be ashamed/disgraced/embarrassed
*gəbûrātām*: their might/strength/power
*yāśîmû yād ʿal-peh*: they will put hand over mouth/be silenced/be speechless
*teḥĕrašnāh*: will be deaf/become silent/be speechless

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Referenced Verses

Isa 26:11 : 11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
Isa 52:15 : 15 so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
Job 29:9-9 : 9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; 10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Ps 126:2 : 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.
Job 21:5 : 5 Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.
Isa 66:18 : 18 For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.
Ezek 38:23 : 23 And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 39:17-21 : 17 And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 And ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord Jehovah. 21 And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities; 21 and the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah. 23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
Zech 12:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
Rev 11:18 : 18 And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and [the time] to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.

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