Mic 3:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. cover their lips-- The Orientals prided themselves on the moustache and beard ("upper lip," Margin). To cover it, therefore, was a token of shame and sorrow ( ; , ). "They shall be so ashamed of themselves as not to dare to open their mouths or boast of the name of prophet" [Calvin]. there is no answer of God-- They shall no more profess to have responses from God, being struck dumb with calamities ( ).

‏ Micah 3:7

7. cover their lips--The Orientals prided themselves on the moustache and beard ("upper lip," Margin). To cover it, therefore, was a token of shame and sorrow (Le 13:45; Eze 24:17, 22). "They shall be so ashamed of themselves as not to dare to open their mouths or boast of the name of prophet" [Calvin].

there is no answer of God--They shall no more profess to have responses from God, being struck dumb with calamities (Mi 3:6).