lick the dust. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the utmost humiliation, as in Genesis 3:14. Compare Psalms 72:9; Isaiah 49:23.
move. come quaking.
holes. fastnesses. Hebrew. misgereth.
worms. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:24, the same word). Occurs only in these two places.