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Judges 5:6-24

6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied,And the travellers walked through byways.7The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased,Until that I Deborah arose,That I arose a mother in Israel.8They chose new gods;Then was war in the gates:Was there a shield or spear seenAmong forty thousand in Israel?9My heart is toward the governors of Israel,That offered themselves willingly among the people:Bless ye Jehovah.10Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses,Ye that sit on rich carpets,And ye that walk by the way.11Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water,There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah,Eventhe righteous acts of his rule in Israel.Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.12Awake, awake, Deborah;Awake, awake, utter a song:Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.13Then came down a remnant of the nobles and the people;Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.14Out of Ephraimcame downthey whose root is in Amalek;After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples;Out of Machir came down governors,And out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal’s staff.15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;As was Issachar, so was Barak;Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet.By the watercourses of ReubenThere were great resolves of heart.16Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds,To hear the pipings for the flocks?At the watercourses of ReubenThere were great searchings of heart.17Gilead abode beyond the Jordan:And Dan, why did he remain in ships?Asher sat still at the haven of the sea,And abode by his creeks.18Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death,And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.19The kings came and fought;Then fought the kings of Canaan,In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo:They took no gain of money.20From heaven fought the stars,From their courses they fought against Sisera.21The river Kishon swept them away,That ancient river, the river Kishon.O my soul, march on with strength.22Then did the horsehoofs stampBy reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.23Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah.Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof,Because they came not to the help of Jehovah,To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.24Blessed above women shall Jael be,The wife of Heber the Kenite;Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

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