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.H7891H1683H1301H1121H42H3117H5593Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you rulers! I will sing and play music to Israel's God, the LORD.H8085H4428H238H7336H7891H3068H2167H3068H430H34784LORD, 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.H3068H3318H8165H6805H7704H123H776H7493H8064H5197H5645H5197H43255The mountains quaked before the LORD of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.H2022H5140H6440H3068H5514H6440H3068H430H34786In 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.H3117H8044H1121H6067H3117H3278H734H2308H1980H3212H6128H54107The towns of Israel stood abandoned, Deborah; they stood empty until you came, came like a mother for Israel.H6520H2308H2308H3478H1683H6965H6965H517H34788Then 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?H977H2319H430H3901H8179H4043H7420H7200H705H505H34789My heart is with the commanders of Israel, with the people who gladly volunteered. Praise the LORD!H3820H2710H3478H5068H5971H1288H306810Tell of it, you that ride on white donkeys, sitting on saddles, and you that must walk wherever you go.H7878H7392H6715H860H3427H4055H1980H187011Listen! 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.H6963H2686H4857H8567H6666H3068H6666H6520H3478H5971H3068H3381H817912Lead on, Deborah, lead on! Lead on! Sing a song! Lead on! Forward, Barak son of Abinoam, lead your captives away!H5782H5782H1683H5782H5782H1696H7892H6965H1301H7628H7617H1121H4213Then the faithful ones came down to their leaders; the LORD's people came to him ready to fight.H8300H7287H117H5971H3068H7287H136814They 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.H669H8328H6002H310H1144H5971H4353H3381H2710H2074H4900H7626H560815The 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.H8269H3485H1683H3485H1301H7971H7272H6010H6390H7205H1419H2711H382016Why 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.H3427H996H4942H8085H8292H5739H6390H7205H1419H2714H382017The 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.H1568H7931H5676H3383H1835H1481H591H836H3427H3220H2348H7931H466418But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali risked their lives on the battlefield.H2074H5321H5971H2778H5315H4191H4791H770419At Taanach, by the stream of Megiddo, the kings came and fought; the kings of Canaan fought, but they took no silver away.H4428H935H3898H3898H4428H3667H8590H4325H4023H3947H1215H370120The stars fought from the sky; as they moved across the sky, they fought against Sisera.H3898H8064H3556H4546H3898H551621A flood in the Kishon swept them away - the onrushing Kishon River. I shall march, march on, with strength!H5158H7028H1640H6917H5158H5158H7028H5315H1869H579722Then the horses came galloping on, stamping the ground with their hoofs.H6119H5483H1986H1726H1726H4723"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."H779H4789H559H4397H3068H779H779H3427H935H5833H3068H5833H3068H136824The most fortunate of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite - the most fortunate of women who live in tents.H1288H802H3278H802H2268H7017H1288H802H16825Sisera asked for water, but she gave him milk; she brought him cream in a beautiful bowl.H7592H4325H5414H2461H7126H2529H117H560226She 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.H7971H3027H3489H3225H6001H1989H1986H5516H4277H7218H4272H2498H754127He 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.H7272H3766H5307H7901H7272H3766H5307H834H3766H5307H770328Sisera'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?"H517H5516H8259H2474H2980H822H7393H954H935H309H6471H481829Her wisest friends answered her, and she told herself over and over,H2450H8282H6030H7725H56130"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."H4672H2505H7998H7218H1397H7356H7361H5516H7998H6648H7998H6648H7553H6648H7553H6677H799831So 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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