Berean Standard Bible
Judges 5:6-24
6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.7Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.8When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.9My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
10You who ride white donkeys,who sit on saddle blankets,and you who travel the road,ponder 11the voices of the singers1at the watering places.There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD,the righteous deeds of His villagers2 in Israel.
Then the people of the LORDwent down to the gates:12‘Awake, awake, O Deborah!Awake, awake, sing a song!Arise, O Barak,and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
13Then the survivors came down to the nobles;the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.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.
15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah,and Issachar was with Barak,rushing into the valley at his heels.In the clans of Reubenthere was great indecision.316Why did you sit among the sheepfoldsto hear the whistling for the flocks?In the clans of Reubenthere was great indecision.
17Gilead remained beyond the Jordan.Dan, why did you linger by the ships?Asher stayed at the coastand remained in his harbors.18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives;Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.19Kings came and fought;then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanachby the waters of Megiddo,but they took no plunder of silver.
20From the heavens the stars fought;from their courses they fought against Sisera.21The River Kishon swept them away,the ancient river, the River Kishon.
March on, O my soul, in strength!
22Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.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.’
24Most blessed among women is Jael,the wife of Heber the Kenite,most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
Notes
Commentaries on Judges 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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