Judges 5
5On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:H7891H1683H1301H1121H42H3117H5592"When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves—praise the LORD!H1288H3068H6544H6546H3478H5971H50683"Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the LORD; I will praise the LORD, the God of Israel, in song.H8085H4428H238H7336H7891H3068H2167H3068H430H34784"When you, LORD, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.H3068H3318H8165H6805H7704H123H776H7493H8064H5197H5645H5197H43255The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.H2022H5140H6440H3068H5514H6440H3068H430H34786"In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.H3117H8044H1121H6067H3117H3278H734H2308H1980H3212H6128H54107Villagers in Israel would not fight; they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel.H6520H2308H2308H3478H1683H6965H6965H517H34788God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.H977H2319H430H3901H8179H4043H7420H7200H705H505H34789My heart is with Israel's princes, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the LORD!H3820H2710H3478H5068H5971H1288H306810"You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, considerH7878H7392H6715H860H3427H4055H1980H187011the voice of the singers at the watering places. They recite the victories of the LORD, the victories of his villagers in Israel. "Then the people of the LORD went down to the city gates.H6963H2686H4857H8567H6666H3068H6666H6520H3478H5971H3068H3381H817912'Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, Barak! Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.'H5782H5782H1683H5782H5782H1696H7892H6965H1301H7628H7617H1121H4213"The remnant of the nobles came down; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.H8300H7287H117H5971H3068H7287H136814Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander's staff.H669H8328H6002H310H1144H5971H4353H3381H2710H2074H4900H7626H560815The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, sent under his command into the valley. In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.H8269H3485H1683H3485H1301H7971H7272H6010H6390H7205H1419H2711H382016Why did you stay among the sheep pens to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.H3427H996H4942H8085H8292H5739H6390H7205H1419H2714H382017Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the coast and stayed in his coves.H1568H7931H5676H3383H1835H1481H591H836H3427H3220H2348H7931H466418The people of Zebulun risked their very lives; so did Naphtali on the terraced fields.H2074H5321H5971H2778H5315H4191H4791H770419"Kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo, they took no plunder of silver.H4428H935H3898H3898H4428H3667H8590H4325H4023H3947H1215H370120From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.H3898H8064H3556H4546H3898H551621The river Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong!H5158H7028H1640H6917H5158H5158H7028H5315H1869H579722Then thundered the horses' hooves—galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.H6119H5483H1986H1726H1726H4723'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.'H779H4789H559H4397H3068H779H779H3427H935H5833H3068H5833H3068H136824"Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.H1288H802H3278H802H2268H7017H1288H802H16825He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.H7592H4325H5414H2461H7126H2529H117H560226Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the laborer's hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.H7971H3027H3489H3225H6001H1989H1986H5516H4277H7218H4272H2498H754127At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead.H7272H3766H5307H7901H7272H3766H5307H834H3766H5307H770328"Through the window peered Sisera's mother; behind the lattice she cried out, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?'H517H5516H8259H2474H2980H822H7393H954H935H309H6471H481829The wisest of her ladies answer her; indeed, she keeps saying to herself,H2450H8282H6030H7725H56130'Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: a woman or two for each man, colorful garments as plunder for Sisera, colorful garments embroidered, highly embroidered garments for my neck—all this as plunder?'H4672H2505H7998H7218H1397H7356H7361H5516H7998H6648H7998H6648H7553H6648H7553H6677H799831"So may all your enemies perish, LORD! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength." Then the land had peace forty years.H341H6H3068H157H8121H3318H1369H776H8252H705H8141
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