Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips. The Orientals prided themselves on the moustache and beard (margin, 'upper lip'). To cover it, therefore, was a token of shame, mourning, and sorrow (Leviticus 13:45; Ezekiel 24:17, "Cover not thy lips" - i:e., assume not the usual token of one mourning; Ezekiel 24:22). 'They shall be so ashamed of themselves as not to dare to open their mouths, or boast of the name of prophet' (Calvin).
For there is no answer of God - they shall no more profess to have responses from God, being struck dumb with calamities (Micah 3:6).