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The Song of Deborah and Barak

5On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: 07Jdg 5:2 Praise the LORD! The Israelites were determined to fight; the people gladly volunteered.H7891H1683H1301H1121H42H3117H559 3Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you rulers! I will sing and play music to Israel's God, the LORD.H8085H4428H238H7336H7891H3068H2167H3068H430H3478 4LORD, when you left the mountains of Seir, when you came out of the region of Edom, the earth shook, and rain fell from the sky. Yes, water poured down from the clouds.H3068H3318H8165H6805H7704H123H776H7493H8064H5197H5645H5197H4325 5The mountains quaked before the LORD of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.H2022H5140H6440H3068H5514H6440H3068H430H3478 6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans no longer went through the land, and travelers used the back roads.H3117H8044H1121H6067H3117H3278H734H2308H1980H3212H6128H5410 7The towns of Israel stood abandoned, Deborah; they stood empty until you came, came like a mother for Israel.H6520H2308H2308H3478H1683H6965H6965H517H3478 8Then there was war in the land when the Israelites chose new gods. Of the forty thousand men in Israel, did anyone carry shield or spear?H977H2319H430H3901H8179H4043H7420H7200H705H505H3478 9My heart is with the commanders of Israel, with the people who gladly volunteered. Praise the LORD!H3820H2710H3478H5068H5971H1288H3068 10Tell of it, you that ride on white donkeys, sitting on saddles, and you that must walk wherever you go.H7878H7392H6715H860H3427H4055H1980H1870 11Listen! The noisy crowds around the wells are telling of the LORD's victories, the victories of Israel's people! Then the LORD's people marched down from their cities.H6963H2686H4857H8567H6666H3068H6666H6520H3478H5971H3068H3381H8179 12Lead on, Deborah, lead on! Lead on! Sing a song! Lead on! Forward, Barak son of Abinoam, lead your captives away!H5782H5782H1683H5782H5782H1696H7892H6965H1301H7628H7617H1121H42 13Then the faithful ones came down to their leaders; the LORD's people came to him ready to fight.H8300H7287H117H5971H3068H7287H1368 14They came from Ephraim into the valley, behind the tribe of Benjamin and its people. The commanders came down from Machir, the officers down from Zebulun.H669H8328H6002H310H1144H5971H4353H3381H2710H2074H4900H7626H5608 15The leaders of Issachar came with Deborah; yes, Issachar came and Barak too, and they followed him into the valley. But the tribe of Reuben was divided; they could not decide to come.H8269H3485H1683H3485H1301H7971H7272H6010H6390H7205H1419H2711H3820 16Why did they stay behind with the sheep? To listen to shepherds calling the flocks? Yes, the tribe of Reuben was divided; they could not decide to come.H3427H996H4942H8085H8292H5739H6390H7205H1419H2714H3820 17The tribe of Gad stayed east of the Jordan, and the tribe of Dan remained by the ships. The tribe of Asher stayed by the seacoast; they remained along the shore.H1568H7931H5676H3383H1835H1481H591H836H3427H3220H2348H7931H4664 18But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali risked their lives on the battlefield.H2074H5321H5971H2778H5315H4191H4791H7704 19At Taanach, by the stream of Megiddo, the kings came and fought; the kings of Canaan fought, but they took no silver away.H4428H935H3898H3898H4428H3667H8590H4325H4023H3947H1215H3701 20The stars fought from the sky; as they moved across the sky, they fought against Sisera.H3898H8064H3556H4546H3898H5516 21A flood in the Kishon swept them away - the onrushing Kishon River. I shall march, march on, with strength!H5158H7028H1640H6917H5158H5158H7028H5315H1869H5797 22Then the horses came galloping on, stamping the ground with their hoofs.H6119H5483H1986H1726H1726H47 23"Put a curse on Meroz," says the angel of the LORD, "a curse, a curse on those who live there. They did not come to help the LORD, come as soldiers to fight for him."H779H4789H559H4397H3068H779H779H3427H935H5833H3068H5833H3068H1368 24The most fortunate of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite - the most fortunate of women who live in tents.H1288H802H3278H802H2268H7017H1288H802H168 25Sisera asked for water, but she gave him milk; she brought him cream in a beautiful bowl.H7592H4325H5414H2461H7126H2529H117H5602 26She took a tent peg in one hand, a worker's hammer in the other; she struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she pierced him through the head.H7971H3027H3489H3225H6001H1989H1986H5516H4277H7218H4272H2498H7541 27He sank to his knees, fell down and lay still at her feet. At her feet he sank to his knees and fell; he fell to the ground, dead.H7272H3766H5307H7901H7272H3766H5307H834H3766H5307H7703 28Sisera's mother looked out of the window; she gazed from behind the lattice. "Why is his chariot so late in coming?" she asked. "Why are his horses so slow to return?"H517H5516H8259H2474H2980H822H7393H954H935H309H6471H4818 29Her wisest friends answered her, and she told herself over and over,H2450H8282H6030H7725H561 30"They are only finding things to capture and divide, a woman or two for every soldier, rich cloth for Sisera, embroidered pieces for the neck of the queen."H4672H2505H7998H7218H1397H7356H7361H5516H7998H6648H7998H6648H7553H6648H7553H6677H7998 31So may all your enemies die like that, O LORD, but may your friends shine like the rising sun! And there was peace in the land for forty years.H341H6H3068H157H8121H3318H1369H776H8252H705H8141


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