Charles Ellicott Commentary Micah 7:17

"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." — Micah 7:17 (ASV)

They shall lick the dust like a serpent. —The doom of the determined enemies of the Lord and His people recalls that of Satan, the great enemy, as personified by the serpent. Dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life (Genesis 3:14).