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Judges 5

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Judges 5 . 1 , The Song of Deborah and Barak.

Judges 5:1

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

Judges 5:1 · BSB

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This #### Verse briefly recites the subject of this inspired song , which consists of eight stanzas . The first opens with a devout thanksgiving. The second describes the magnificent scenes at Mount Sinai , etc. The third states the apostasy and consequent punishment of the Israelites. The fourth contrasts their present happy state. The fifth censures the recreant tribes of Reuben , Gad , etc. The sixth records the defeat of the confederate kings of Canaan. The seventh contains a panegyric on Jael. And the eight describes the fond anticipations and disappointment of the mother of Sisera

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Judges 5:2

“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

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Judges 5:3

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

Judges 5:3 · BSB

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Judges 5:4

O 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.

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Judges 5:5

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

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melted Heb. flowed

Judges 5:6

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

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Heb. crooked ways

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travellers Heb. walkers of paths

Judges 5:7

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

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Judges 5:8

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

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Judges 5:9

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

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Judges 5:10

You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

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or , Meditate

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Judges 5:11

the 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:

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Dr. Shaw mentions a beautiful rill of water in Barbary , which runs into a large bason , called shrub we krub , "drink and be off ," because of the danger of meeting with robbers and assassins in this place , who fall upon those who come to drink

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Heb. righteousnesses

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Judges 5:12

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

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Judges 5:13

Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

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Judges 5:14

Some 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.

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handle the pen Heb. draw with the pen

Judges 5:15

The 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.

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Heb. his feet , Beraglaiv , rather , "with his footmen ," so LXX Alex. נוזןץע בץפןץ , and Luther , mit feinem Fubvolt

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or , In the divisions , etc

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Heb. impressions

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Judges 5:16

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

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or , In

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Judges 5:17

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

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sea shore or , sea-port

breaches or , creeks

Judges 5:18

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

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jeoparded Heb. exposed to reproach.

Judges 5:19

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

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Judges 5:20

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

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courses Heb. paths

Judges 5:21

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

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Judges 5:22

Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.

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Anciently , horses were not shod; nor are they at the present day in some parts of the East. The flight was so rapid that the hoofs of their horses were splintered and broken by the roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they became lame , and could not carry off their riders

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prancings or , tramplings , or , plungings

mighty ones Or , as Dr. Waterland renders , "mighty horses ," or "strong steeds ," as Dr. Kennicott , i.e. , their war-horses , which gives great energy to the text , and renders it perfectly intelligible.

Judges 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.’

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Meroz This city of Meroz seems to have been , at this time , a place of considerable importance , since something great was expected from it; but probably , after the angel of the Lord had pronounced this curse , it dwindled and like the fig-tree which Christ cursed , withered away; so that we never read of it after this in Scripture.

Judges 5:24

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

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Judges 5:25

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

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butter Chemah , may signify buttermilk , which is made by the Arabs by agitating the milk in a leathern bag; and is highly esteemed because of its refreshing and cooling qualities.

Judges 5:26

She 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.

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Or rather , "she smote his head , then she struck through and pierced his temples . " which is more consonant to the original , and to fact , as it does not appear that she smote off his head

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with the Heb. She hammered

Judges 5:27

At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

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At Heb. Between

dead Heb. destroyed

Judges 5:28

Sisera’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?’

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Judges 5:29

Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

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Heb. her words

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Judges 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?’

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every man Heb. the head of a man

Judges 5:31

So 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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The victory here celebrated in this song , was of such happy consequence to Israel , that for the principal part of one age , they enjoyed the peace to which it had been the means of opening the way. The land had rest forty years , that is , so long it was from this victory to the raising up of Gideon. And well would it have been for the Israelites , if while the tribes had rest , they had taken advantage of the cessation from war , and had walked in the fear of the Lord

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