John Trapp on Micah 7:17

Verſe 17. They ſhall lick the duſt like a ſcrpent] that is, be reduced not only to extreme hunger and penury, but to utmoſt vility and baſeneſſe of condition, ſo as to lick the very duſt. And whereas it is added like a ſ[illegible: 2 letters]pent, he puts them in mind of that old malediction Gen. 3. and gives them to know, that as, like that old ſerpent, they have lifted themſelves up againſt God, ſo will God caſt them down again to the condition of ſerpents, and abaſe them to the very duſt. See Pſa. 22.30 and 72.9. Eſ. 49.23.

they ſhall move out of their holes like wormes (or creeping things) of the earth] They ſhall tumultuate, and be all on an huddle, as ants are when their molehill is thrown up with a ſpade. The Hebrew word imports great commotion and buſtle.

they ſhall be afraid of the Lord our God, and ſhall feare becauſe of thee] O God, or O Church, terrible as an army with banners, Impiety triumpheth in proſperity, trembleth in adverſity: and contrarily, ſaith holy Greenham Since the fall, we tremble before God, Angels, and good men. What have I to do with thee, thou man of God (ſaid She) Art thou come to call to mind my ſin and to kill my ſon? At the ſiege of Mountabove in France, the people of God within the wals, ever before a ſally ſang a Pſalme: with which holy practiſe of theirs, the enemy comming acquainted, when they heard them ſinging would ſo quake and tremble, crying they come, Spee. belli ſal. 282. they come, as though the wrath of God had been breaking out upon them.