Jueces 5:28

28 Miraba por la ventana y se lamentaba la madre de Sísara, por las celosías: "¿Por qué se tarda en venir su carro? ¿Por qué se retrasa el trotar de sus carros?"

Jueces 5:28 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 5:28

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window
Which perhaps looked towards the high road, in which she expected Sisera to return in his chariot with his victorious army; and she was looking out for him, not through fear of any ill that had befallen him, or suspicion of misfortunte, but through impatience to see him in triumph return, wreathed with laurels:

and cried through the lattice;
which is but another word for a window, which was not of glass, that being of a later invention, but made in lattice form, in a sort of network, full of little holes to let in air and light, and look out at; here she stood and cried with a very loud uneasy tone; the word signifies a sort of a groaning howling noise, discovering impatience and uneasiness; and so the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions render it, "she howled"; saying in a whining way,

why is his chariot so long in coming?
she did not doubt at all of victory, and concluded it would soon be obtained, and there would be very little trouble and difficulty in getting it, and therefore wondered his chariot was not in sight:

why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
the nine hundred he took with him, of the return of which she made no doubt, only was uneasy until they appeared, that she might be delighted with the glory of the triumph; the Targum is,

``why are the runners hindered, who should bring me a letter of the victories?''

Jueces 5:28 In-Context

26 Extendió ella la mano hacia la estaca de la tienda, y su diestra hacia el martillo de trabajadores. Entonces golpeó a Sísara, desbarató su cabeza; destruyó y perforó sus sienes.

27 A sus pies él se encorvó, cayó, quedó tendido; a sus pies se encorvó y cayó; donde se encorvó, allí quedó muerto.

28 Miraba por la ventana y se lamentaba la madre de Sísara, por las celosías: "¿Por qué se tarda en venir su carro? ¿Por qué se retrasa el trotar de sus carros?"

29 Sus sabias princesas le respondían, aun a sí misma ella repite sus palabras:

30 "¿Acaso no han hallado el botín y se lo están repartiendo? ¿Una doncella, dos doncellas para cada guerrero; para Sísara un botín de tela de colores, un botín de tela de colores bordada, tela de colores de doble bordadura en el cuello del victorioso?"