Judges 5
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Judges 5:20-26

20From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.

21The river Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong!

22Then thundered the horses’ hooves— galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.

23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord. ‘Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty.’

24“Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

25He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.

26Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.

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