The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Here again the Prophet shows, that though the Church should be assailed on every side and surrounded by innumerable enemies, no doubt ought yet to be entertained respecting the promised aid of God; for it is in his power to make all nations ashamed, that is, to cast down all the pride of the world, so as to make the unbelieving to acknowledge at length...
The prophet stirs up prayer for God's people when mercy is coming, for God pours out the spirit of supplication before He saves. Israel, a peculiar flock scattered in captivity like sheep without a shepherd, needs God's rod to protect and govern them where enemies cannot reach, until He restores them to feed in the rich plains of Bashan and Gilead as in ancient days.
AI summary
Commenting on Micah 7:14-20
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might,.... The Chaldeans or Babylonians, when they shall see the wonderful things done by the Lord in the deliverance of his people out of their hands, shall be ashamed of their own power and might, in which they trusted, and of which they boasted; but now shall be baffled and defeated, and not able to...