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id="topheading"><a href="../judges/4.htm" title="Judges 4">◄</a> Judges 5 <a href="../judges/6.htm" title="Judges 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/judges/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Deborah and Barak Celebrate in Song</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Later that day, Deborah and Abinoam’s son Barak celebrated by singing this song:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“When hair grows long<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 i.e. in keeping with having made a Nazirite vow">a</a></span> in Israel,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 Or When leaders carry out vengeance in Israel">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">when the people give themselves willingly,</p> <p class="poetry2">bless the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Listen, you kings!</p> <p class="poetry2">Turn your ears to me, you rulers!</p> <p class="poetry2">As for me, to the LORD I will sing!</p> <p class="poetry2">I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>LORD, when you left Seir,</p> <p class="poetry2">when you marched out</p> <p class="poetry2">from the grain field of Edom,</p> <p class="poetry2">the earth quaked</p> <p class="poetry2">and the heavens poured out rain;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:4 The Heb. lacks rain">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">indeed, the clouds poured out water.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Mountains tremble at the presence of the LORD —</p> <p class="poetry2">even<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:5 Lit. this">d</a></span> Sinai!—at the presence of the LORD God of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>During the lifetime of Anath’s son Shamgar</p> <p class="poetry2">and during the lifetime of Jael</p> <p class="poetry2">highways remained deserted,</p> <p class="poetry2">while travelers kept to back roads.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Rural populations plummeted<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:7 Lit. ceased">e</a></span> in Israel;</p> <p class="poetry2">until I, Deborah, arose;</p> <p class="poetry2">until I—an Israeli mother—arose.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>New gods were chosen,</p> <p class="poetry2">then war came to the city<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 The Heb. lacks city">f</a></span> gates,</p> <p class="poetry2">but there wasn’t a shield or spear to be seen</p> <p class="poetry2">among 40,000 soldiers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 The Heb. lacks soldiers">g</a></span> of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My heart is for the commanders of Israel,</p> <p class="poetry2">to those who work willingly among the people.</p> <p class="poetry2">Bless the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Speak up, you who ride white donkeys,</p> <p class="poetry2">sitting on cloth saddles<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 Or wearing rich clothing">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">while you travel on your way!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>From the sound of those who divide their work loads</p> <p class="poetry2">at the watering troughs,</p> <p class="poetry2">there they will retell the righteous deeds of the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">the righteous victories for his rural people in Israel.”</p> <p class="reg">Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Wake up! Wake up, Deborah!</p> <p class="poetry2">Wake up! Wake up, Deborah!</p> <p class="poetry2">Get up, Barak, and dispose of your captives,</p> <p class="poetry2">you son of Abinoam!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the survivors approached the nobles;</p> <p class="poetry2">the people of the LORD approached me in battle array.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Some came<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 The Heb. lacks came">i</a></span> from Ephraim</p> <p class="poetry2">who had been harassed by<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Or who routed; So LXX.">j</a></span> Amalek,</p> <p class="poetry2">followed by Benjamin with your people.</p> <p class="poetry2">Some commanders came<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 The Heb. lacks came">k</a></span> from Machir,</p> <p class="poetry2">along with some from Zebulun</p> <p class="poetry2">who carry a badge<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Lit. scepter">l</a></span> of office.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Or who wield official authority">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The officials of Issachar were with Deborah,</p> <p class="poetry2">as was the tribe of Issachar and Barak.</p> <p class="poetry2">They rushed out into the valley at his heels</p> <p class="poetry2">along with divisions from Reuben’s army.</p> <p class="poetry2">Great was their resolve of heart!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Why did you sit down among the sheepfolds?</p> <p class="poetry2">To hear the bleating of the flocks?</p> <p class="poetry2">Among the divisions of the army of Reuben</p> <p class="poetry2">there was great searching of heart.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The tribe of Gilead remained</p> <p class="poetry2">on the other side of the Jordan River.</p> <p class="poetry2">As for the tribe of Dan,</p> <p class="poetry2">why did they stay on board their ships?</p> <p class="poetry2">The tribe of Asher sat by the seashore</p> <p class="poetry2">and remained near its harbors.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The tribe of Zebulun did not worry about their lives</p> <p class="poetry2">at the price of death;</p> <p class="poetry2">neither did the tribe of Naphtali also</p> <p class="poetry2">on high places of the field.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:18 i.e. as they fought within idolatrous worship centers">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Kings came to fight,</p> <p class="poetry2">then battled the kings of Canaan</p> <p class="poetry2">at Taanach near the waters of Megiddo.</p> <p class="poetry2">They took no silver</p> <p class="poetry2">as the spoils of war.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The stars fought from heaven;</p> <p class="poetry2">they fought against Sisera from their orbits.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The current<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Or wadi; i.e. a seasonal river, and so throughout the verse">o</a></span> of the Kishon River swept them downstream,</p> <p class="poetry2">that ancient current, the Kishon’s current!</p> <p class="poetry2">March on strongly, my soul!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then loud was the beat of the horses’ hooves—</p> <p class="poetry2">from the galloping, galloping war steeds!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“‘Meroz is cursed!’ declared the angel of the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry2">‘Utterly and totally cursed are its inhabitants,</p> <p class="poetry2">because they never came to the aid of the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">to the aid of the LORD against the valiant warriors!’”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Blessed above all women is Jael,</p> <p class="poetry2">wife of Heber the Kenite;</p> <p class="poetry2">most blessed is she among women who live in tents!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Sisera<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:25 Lit. He">p</a></span> asked for water—</p> <p class="poetry2">she gave him milk.</p> <p class="poetry2">In a magnificent bowl she brought him yogurt!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:25 i.e. a processed milk product">q</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>She reached out one hand for the tent peg,</p> <p class="poetry2">and her other<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:26 Lit. right">r</a></span> for the workman’s mallet.</p> <p class="poetry2">Then she struck Sisera,</p> <p class="poetry2">smashing his head,</p> <p class="poetry2">shattering and piercing his temple.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He crumpled to the ground between her feet,</p> <p class="poetry2">where he fell down and collapsed.</p> <p class="poetry2">Between her feet he crumpled,</p> <p class="poetry2">Fallen dead!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Back at home,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:28 The Heb. lacks Back at home">s</a></span> out the window Sisera’s mother peered,</p> <p class="poetry2">lamenting through the lattice.</p> <p class="poetry2">‘Why is his chariot delayed in returning?</p> <p class="poetry2">‘Why do the hoof beats of his chariots wait?’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Her wise attendants<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:29 Or officials">t</a></span> find an answer for her;</p> <p class="poetry2">in fact, she tells the same words to herself:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>‘They’re busy finding and dividing the war booty, aren’t they?</p> <p class="poetry2">A girl or two for each valiant warrior,</p> <p class="poetry2">and some dyed materials for Sisera—</p> <p class="poetry2">perhaps dyed, embroidered war booty—</p> <p class="poetry2">or some detailed embroidery for my neck</p> <p class="poetry2">as the booty of war!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“May all of your enemies perish like this, LORD!</p> <p class="poetry2">But may those who love him be</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">like the ascending sun in its strength!”</p> <p class="reg">Then the land enjoyed quiet for 40 years.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 5:2 i.e. in keeping with having made a Nazirite vow<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 5:2 Or <i>When leaders carry out vengeance in Israel</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 5:4 The Heb. lacks <i>rain</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 5:5 Lit. <i>this</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 5:7 Lit. <i>ceased</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 5:8 The Heb. lacks city<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 5:8 The Heb. lacks <i>soldiers</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 5:10 Or <i>wearing rich clothing</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 5:14 The Heb. lacks <i>came</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 5:14 Or <i>who routed</i>; 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