I was reading through Genesis 3 this morning and was wondering about verse 14 - The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life.
I see this imagery of eating dust as symbolic of a creature low, despicable, abhorrent, and degraded. I heard a preacher say that "eat dust" is another way of saying "bite the dust," as a wounded warrior in death ends up biting the dust. Any thoughts?