Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Cross-reference
Micah 5:8 portrays Israel like a lion dominating nations—both describe nations' reaction to Israel's strength, but here aggressive, there shame.
Micah 4:3 pictures nations beating swords into plowshares under God's peace, contrasting the silenced shame of nations in judgment here.
Job 21:5 uses the same 'hand over mouth' gesture of appalled silence — identical to the nations' response in Micah 7:16.
In Job 29:9, chiefs cover their mouths in respect — the same gesture of silenced awe as in Micah 7:16.
In Job 40:4, Job uses the same 'hand on mouth' gesture in humble silence before God, reinforcing themes of awe and submission.
In Isaiah 26:11, nations see God's hand and are put to shame — echoing the shame and silenced response of Micah 7:16.
Isaiah 52:15 shows kings shutting their mouths in awe at the Servant, echoing the nations silenced here before God's judgment.
Romans 3:19 declares every mouth stopped under the law, mirroring the silencing of nations in judgment here.
Proverbs 30:32 exactly parallels 'put your hand on your mouth' as a call to silence after folly, reinforcing the gesture of shame.
Psalm 126:2 has nations joyfully proclaim God's great deeds—contrast with Micah 7:16 where nations are silenced in shame.
Ezekiel 38:23 shows God making himself known to nations through judgment — parallel to the humbling of nations in Micah 7:16.