Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
shall see—the "marvellous things" (Micah 7:15; Isaiah 26:11).
confounded at all their might—having so suddenly proved unavailing: that might wherewith they had thought that there is nothing which they could not effect against God's people.
lay . . . hand upon . . . mouth—the gesture of silence (Job 21:5; Job 40:4; Psalms 107:42; Isaiah 52:15). They shall be struck dumb at Israel's marvellous deliverance, and no longer boast that God's people is destroyed.
ears . . . deaf—They shall stand astounded so as not to hear what shall be said [GROTIUS]. Once they had eagerly drunk in all rumors as so many messages of victories; but then they shall be afraid of hearing them, because they continually fear new disasters, when they see the God of Israel to be so powerful [CALVIN]. They shall close their ears so as not to be compelled to hear of Israel's successes.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Micah 7:16:
Isaiah 52:15
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