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    Judges 5

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    Sisera’s mother waits for a chariot that will never come, imagining embroidered spoil while he lies dead at Jael’s feet.

    The song gathers the willingvv. 1–23

    Deborah and Barak sing when princes lead and the people volunteer. The song summons kings and princes to hear of the LORD marching from Seir and Edom, while the earth trembles, the heavens pour, and the mountains quake. Israel’s roads had emptied, village life had ceased, and shields and spears were scarce; then Deborah arose, and the people went down to the gates. Ephraim, Benjamin, Machir, Zebulun, Issachar, and Naphtali came into the fight, while Reuben hesitated, Gilead remained beyond the Jordan, Dan lingered by the ships, and Asher stayed by the coast. At Taanach and the waters of Megiddo, kings fought without taking silver. The stars fought against Sisera, the Kishon swept the enemy away, and the horses thundered. Then Meroz is singled out for a bitter curse because its inhabitants did not come to help.

    Milk, a hammer, and a delayed chariotvv. 24–31

    Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, is called most blessed among women. Sisera asks for water; she gives him milk and brings curds in a magnificent bowl. Then the song turns from the bowl to the tent peg and workman’s hammer: Sisera’s skull is crushed, his temple shattered and pierced, and he lies dead at Jael’s feet. Far away, Sisera’s mother peers through the lattice, wondering why the chariots are late. Her wisest ladies answer, and she keeps telling herself that the warriors must be dividing captives and embroidered garments. The song ends by wishing the LORD’s enemies perish and those who love Him shine like the sun; the land then has rest for forty years.

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    1. Judg 5:1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

    2. Judg 5:2“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

    3. Judg 5:3Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

    4. Judg 5:4O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

    5. Judg 5:5The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

    6. Judg 5:6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

    7. Judg 5:7Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

    8. Judg 5:8When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

    9. Judg 5:9My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

    10. Judg 5:10You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

    11. Judg 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

    12. Judg 5:12‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

    13. Judg 5:13Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

    14. Judg 5:14Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

    15. Judg 5:15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

    16. Judg 5:16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

    17. Judg 5:17Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

    18. Judg 5:18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

    19. Judg 5:19Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

    20. Judg 5:20From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

    21. Judg 5:21The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

    22. Judg 5:22Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.

    23. Judg 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

    24. Judg 5:24Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

    25. Judg 5:25He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

    26. Judg 5:26She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

    27. Judg 5:27At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

    28. Judg 5:28Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

    29. Judg 5:29Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

    30. Judg 5:30‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

    31. Judg 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

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    • 11Micah 6:5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
    • 4Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
    • 12Ephesians 4:8This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
    • 24Luke 1:42In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
    • 31Psalms 37:6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
    • 5Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
    • 11Judges 5:8When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
    • 12Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
    • 20Joshua 10:11As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
    • 9Judges 5:2“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
    • 111 Samuel 12:7Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
    • 12Psalms 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
    • 18Judges 4:10where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
    • 24Luke 1:28The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
    • 312 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
    • 1Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

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