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5That day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:H7891H1683H1301H1121H42H3117H559 2When they let down their hair in Israel, they let it blow wild in the wind. The people volunteered with abandon, bless GOD!H1288H3068H6544H6546H3478H5971H5068 3Hear O kings! Listen O princes! To GOD, yes to GOD, I'll sing, Make music to GOD, to the God of Israel.H8085H4428H238H7336H7891H3068H2167H3068H430H3478 4GOD, when you left Seir, marched across the fields of Edom, Earth quaked, yes, the skies poured rain, oh, the clouds made rivers.H3068H3318H8165H6805H7704H123H776H7493H8064H5197H5645H5197H4325 5Mountains leapt before GOD, the Sinai God, before GOD, the God of Israel.H2022H5140H6440H3068H5514H6440H3068H430H3478 6In the time of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the time of Jael, Public roads were abandoned, travelers went by backroads.H3117H8044H1121H6067H3117H3278H734H2308H1980H3212H6128H5410 7Warriors became fat and sloppy, no fight left in them. Then you, Deborah, rose up; you got up, a mother in Israel.H6520H2308H2308H3478H1683H6965H6965H517H3478 8God chose new leaders, who then fought at the gates. And not a shield or spear to be seen among the forty companies of Israel.H977H2319H430H3901H8179H4043H7420H7200H705H505H3478 9Lift your hearts high, O Israel, with abandon, volunteering yourselves with the people—bless GOD!H3820H2710H3478H5068H5971H1288H3068 10You who ride on prize donkeys comfortably mounted on blankets And you who walk down the roads, ponder, attend!H7878H7392H6715H860H3427H4055H1980H1870 11Gather at the town well and listen to them sing, Chanting the tale of GOD's victories, his victories accomplished in Israel. Then the people of GOD went down to the city gates.H6963H2686H4857H8567H6666H3068H6666H6520H3478H5971H3068H3381H8179 12Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! On your feet, Barak! Take your prisoners, son of Abinoam!H5782H5782H1683H5782H5782H1696H7892H6965H1301H7628H7617H1121H42 13Then the remnant went down to greet the brave ones. The people of GOD joined the mighty ones.H8300H7287H117H5971H3068H7287H1368 14The captains from Ephraim came to the valley, behind you, Benjamin, with your troops. Captains marched down from Makir, from Zebulun high-ranking leaders came down.H669H8328H6002H310H1144H5971H4353H3381H2710H2074H4900H7626H5608 15Issachar's princes rallied to Deborah, Issachar stood fast with Barak, backing him up on the field of battle. But in Reuben's divisions there was much second-guessing.H8269H3485H1683H3485H1301H7971H7272H6010H6390H7205H1419H2711H3820 16Why all those campfire discussions? Diverted and distracted, Reuben's divisions couldn't make up their minds.H3427H996H4942H8085H8292H5739H6390H7205H1419H2714H3820 17Gilead played it safe across the Jordan, and Dan, why did he go off sailing? Asher kept his distance on the seacoast, safe and secure in his harbors.H1568H7931H5676H3383H1835H1481H591H836H3427H3220H2348H7931H4664 18But Zebulun risked life and limb, defied death, as did Naphtali on the battle heights.H2074H5321H5971H2778H5315H4191H4791H7704 19The kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach they fought, at Megiddo's brook, but they took no silver, no plunder.H4428H935H3898H3898H4428H3667H8590H4325H4023H3947H1215H3701 20The stars in the sky joined the fight, from their courses they fought against Sisera.H3898H8064H3556H4546H3898H5516 21The torrent Kishon swept them away, the torrent attacked them, the torrent Kishon. Oh, you'll stomp on the necks of the strong!H5158H7028H1640H6917H5158H5158H7028H5315H1869H5797 22Then the hoofs of the horses pounded, charging, stampeding stallions.H6119H5483H1986H1726H1726H47 23"Curse Meroz," says GOD's angel. "Curse, double curse, its people, Because they didn't come when GOD needed them, didn't rally to GOD's side with valiant fighters."H779H4789H559H4397H3068H779H779H3427H935H5833H3068H5833H3068H1368 24Most blessed of all women is Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of homemaking women.H1288H802H3278H802H2268H7017H1288H802H168 25He asked for water, she brought milk; In a handsome bowl, she offered cream.H7592H4325H5414H2461H7126H2529H117H5602 26She grabbed a tent peg in her left hand, with her right hand she seized a hammer. She hammered Sisera, she smashed his head, she drove a hole through his head.H7971H3027H3489H3225H6001H1989H1986H5516H4277H7218H4272H2498H7541 27He slumped at her feet. He fell. He sprawled. He slumped at her feet. He fell. Slumped. Fallen. Dead.H7272H3766H5307H7901H7272H3766H5307H834H3766H5307H7703 28Sisera's mother waited at the window, a weary, anxious watch. "What's keeping his chariot? What delays his chariot's rumble?"H517H5516H8259H2474H2980H822H7393H954H935H309H6471H4818 29The wisest of her ladies-in-waiting answers with calm, reassuring words,H2450H8282H6030H7725H561 30"Don't you think they're busy at plunder, dividing up the loot? A girl, maybe two girls, for each man, And for Sisera a bright silk shirt, a prize, fancy silk shirt! And a colorful scarf—make it two scarves— to grace the neck of the plunderer."H4672H2505H7998H7218H1397H7356H7361H5516H7998H6648H7998H6648H7553H6648H7553H6677H7998 31Thus may all GOD's enemies perish, while his lovers be like the unclouded sun. The land was quiet for forty years.H341H6H3068H157H8121H3318H1369H776H8252H705H8141


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