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Judges 5

Deborah and Barak sing about the LORD’s victory over Sisera. The song looks beyond the bare military facts to celebrate God’s intervention, the willingness of some tribes, and the shameful refusal of others to join the fight. It ends by contrasting Sisera’s mother waiting in vain for his return with the prayer that the LORD’s enemies perish and those who love him be as the sun.

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Verses 1–5Deborah and Barak sing of the LORD’s coming and power Verses 6–11The song recalls Israel’s trouble and the LORD’s deliverance Verses 12–18The tribes are called and their responses are remembered Verses 19–23The battle is described and Meroz is cursed Verses 24–27Jael is praised for killing Sisera Verses 28–31Sisera’s mother waits, and the song ends with rest in the land

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1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on…2Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when…3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I,…4LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst…5The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai…6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in…7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel,…8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates:…9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered…10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit…11They that are delivered from the noise of archers in…12Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,…13Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the…14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against…15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar,…16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings…17Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in…18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives…19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of…20They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought…21The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river,…22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the…23Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse…24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the…25He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought…26She put her hand to the nail, and her right…27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down:…28The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and…29Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to…30Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey;…31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let…