Judges 5:16-23

16Why did you sit between the saddlebags? Was it to listen to the shepherds playing their flutes? Reuben’s divisions of important men had second thoughts.

17Gilead remained east of the Jordan River. And Dan … Why did he stay by the ships? Asher sat on the seashore and remained along the inlets.

18But Zebulun mocked death, and Naphtali risked his life on the battlefield.

19Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought. They fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. But they didn’t carry off any rich loot.

20The stars fought from heaven. They fought against Sisera from their heavenly paths.

21The Kishon River swept them away— that old river, the Kishon. I must march on with strength!

22Then the horses’ hoofs pounded. The mighty war horses galloped on and on.

23“Curse Meroz!” said the Messenger of the Lord. “Bitterly curse those who live there! They did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord and his heroes.”