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Judges 5

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1 That day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

2 When they let down their hair in Israel, they let it blow wild in the wind. The people volunteered with abandon, bless God!

3 Hear O kings! Listen O princes! To God, yes to God, I'll sing, Make music to God, to the God of Israel.

4 God, when you left Seir, marched across the fields of Edom, Earth quaked, yes, the skies poured rain, oh, the clouds made rivers.

5 Mountains leapt before God, the Sinai God, before God, the God of Israel.

6 In the time of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the time of Jael, Public roads were abandoned, travelers went by backroads.

7 Warriors became fat and sloppy, no fight left in them. Then you, Deborah, rose up; you got up, a mother in Israel.

8 God chose new leaders, who then fought at the gates. And not a shield or spear to be seen among the forty companies of Israel.

9 Lift your hearts high, O Israel, with abandon, volunteering yourselves with the people - bless God!

10 You who ride on prize donkeys comfortably mounted on blankets And you who walk down the roads, ponder, attend!

11 Gather at the town well and listen to them sing, Chanting the tale of God's victories, his victories accomplished in Israel. Then the people of God went down to the city gates.

12 Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! On your feet, Barak! Take your prisoners, son of Abinoam!

13 Then the remnant went down to greet the brave ones. The people of God joined the mighty ones.

14 The captains from Ephraim came to the valley, behind you, Benjamin, with your troops. Captains marched down from Makir, from Zebulun high-ranking leaders came down.

15 Issachar's princes rallied to Deborah, Issachar stood fast with Barak, backing him up on the field of battle. But in Reuben's divisions there was much second-guessing.

16 Why all those campfire discussions? Diverted and distracted, Reuben's divisions couldn't make up their minds.

17 Gilead played it safe across the Jordan, and Dan, why did he go off sailing? Asher kept his distance on the seacoast, safe and secure in his harbors.

18 But Zebulun risked life and limb, defied death, as did Naphtali on the battle heights.

19 The kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach they fought, at Megiddo's brook, but they took no silver, no plunder.

20 The stars in the sky joined the fight, from their courses they fought against Sisera.

21 The torrent Kishon swept them away, the torrent attacked them, the torrent Kishon. Oh, you'll stomp on the necks of the strong!

22 Then the hoofs of the horses pounded, charging, stampeding stallions.

23 "Curse Meroz," says God's angel. "Curse, double curse, its people, Because they didn't come when God needed them, didn't rally to God's side with valiant fighters."

24 Most blessed of all women is Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of homemaking women.

25 He asked for water, she brought milk; In a handsome bowl, she offered cream.

26 She grabbed a tent peg in her left hand, with her right hand she seized a hammer. She hammered Sisera, she smashed his head, she drove a hole through his head.

27 He slumped at her feet. He fell. He sprawled. He slumped at her feet. He fell. Slumped. Fallen. Dead.

28 Sisera's mother waited at the window, a weary, anxious watch. "What's keeping his chariot? What delays his chariot's rumble?"

29 The wisest of her ladies-in-waiting answers with calm, reassuring words,

30 "Don't you think they're busy at plunder, dividing up the loot? A girl, maybe two girls, for each man, And for Sisera a bright silk shirt, a prize, fancy silk shirt! And a colorful scarf - make it two scarves - to grace the neck of the plunderer."

31 Thus may all God's enemies perish, while his lovers be like the unclouded sun. The land was quiet for forty years.

New Century Version NCV

1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

2 "The leaders led Israel. The people volunteered to go to battle.

3 Listen, kings. Pay attention, rulers! I myself will sing to the Lord. I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.

4 "Lord, when you came from Edom, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the skies rained, and the clouds dropped water.

5 The mountains shook before the Lord, the God of Mount Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel!

6 "In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the main roads were empty. Travelers went on the back roads.

7 There were no warriors in Israel until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose to be a mother to Israel.

8 At that time they chose to follow new gods. Because of this, enemies fought us at our city gates. No one could find a shield or a spear among the forty thousand people of Israel.

9 My heart is with the commanders of Israel. They volunteered freely from among the people.

10 "You who ride on white donkeys and sit on saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, listen!

11 Listen to the sound of the singers at the watering holes. There they tell about the victories of the Lord, the victories of the Lord's warriors in Israel. Then the Lord's people went down to the city gates.

12 "Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Go capture your enemies, son of Abinoam!

13 "Then those who were left came down to the important leaders. The Lord's people came down to me with strong men.

14 They came from Ephraim in the mountains of Amalek. Benjamin was among the people who followed you. From the family group of Makir, the commanders came down. And from Zebulun came those who lead.

15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. and followed him into the valley. about what they would do.

16 Why did you stay by the sheepfold? Was it to hear the music played for your sheep? about what they would do.

17 The people of Gilead stayed east of the Jordan River. People of Dan, why did you stay by the ships? The people of Asher stayed at the seashore, at their safe harbors.

18 But the people of Zebulun risked their lives, as did the people of Naphtali on the battlefield.

19 "The kings came, and they fought. at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo. But they took away no silver or possessions of Israel.

20 The stars fought from heaven; from their paths, they fought Sisera.

21 The Kishon River swept Sisera's men away, that old river, the Kishon River. March on, my soul, with strength!

22 Then the horses' hoofs beat the ground. Galloping, galloping go Sisera's mighty horses.

23 'May the town of Meroz be cursed,' said the angel of the Lord. 'Bitterly curse its people, because they did not come to help the Lord. They did not fight the strong enemy.'

24 "May Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be blessed above all women who live in tents.

25 Sisera asked for water, but Jael gave him milk. In a bowl fit for a ruler, she brought him cream.

26 Jael reached out and took the tent peg. Her right hand reached for the workman's hammer. She crushed and pierced the side of his head!

27 At Jael's feet he sank. He fell, and he lay there. At her feet he sank. He fell. Where Sisera sank, there he fell, dead!

28 "Sisera's mother looked out through the window. She looked through the curtains and cried out, 'Why is Sisera's chariot so late in coming? Why are sounds of his chariots' horses delayed?'

29 The wisest of her servant ladies answer her, and Sisera's mother says to herself,

30 'Surely they are robbing the people they defeated! Surely they are dividing those things among themselves! Each soldier is given a girl or two. Maybe Sisera is taking pieces of dyed cloth. Maybe they are even taking pieces of dyed, embroidered cloth for the necks of the victors!'

31 "Let all your enemies die this way, Lord! But let all the people who love you be as strong as the rising sun!" Then there was peace in the land for forty years.