NITHYAM SONGSJudges 5
World English Bible (WEB) • 31 verses
1Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
RelatedExodus 15:1 · Psalms 18:1 · Isaiah 12:1-6 · Revelation 19:1-3 · Revelation 15:3-4 · 2 Chronicles 20:21
2“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, LORD!
RelatedJudges 5:9 · 2 Chronicles 17:16 · Psalms 110:3 · Philippians 2:13 · Psalms 149:6-9 · 2 Samuel 22:47-48
3“Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to the LORD. I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
4“LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
5The mountains quaked at the LORD’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.
6“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
RelatedJudges 3:31 · Isaiah 33:8 · Lamentations 1:4 · Leviticus 26:22 · Lamentations 4:18 · Psalms 125:5
7The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
8They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the LORD!
RelatedJudges 5:2 · 2 Corinthians 9:5 · 2 Corinthians 8:17 · 1 Chronicles 29:9 · 2 Corinthians 8:12 · 2 Corinthians 8:3-4
10“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
11Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the LORD’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. “Then the LORD’s people went down to the gates.
12‘Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’
RelatedEphesians 4:8 · Psalms 68:18 · Psalms 57:8 · 2 Timothy 2:26 · Ephesians 5:14 · Jeremiah 31:26
13“Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. The LORD came down for me against the mighty.
RelatedRevelation 2:26-27 · Romans 8:37 · Psalms 75:7 · Isaiah 41:15-16 · Daniel 7:18-27 · Psalms 49:14
14Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.
15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart.
RelatedNumbers 32:24 · Numbers 32:1-5 · Psalms 4:4 · Philippians 2:21 · Lamentations 3:40-41 · Judges 5:15
17Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.
18Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
19“The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
RelatedJudges 5:30 · Judges 1:27 · 1 Kings 4:12 · Joshua 11:1-15 · Revelation 19:19 · Psalms 68:12-14
20From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
21The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the LORD’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
Related1 Corinthians 16:22 · 1 Corinthians 3:9 · Jeremiah 48:10 · Judges 21:9-10 · Matthew 25:41 · 1 Samuel 25:28
24“Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
RelatedJudges 4:19-21
26She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28“Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
Related2 Kings 1:2 · James 5:7 · Song of Solomon 8:14 · Proverbs 7:6 · Song of Solomon 2:9 · Judges 4:15
29Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
30‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’
31“So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
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