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Book 07 : NEVIIM - JUDGES - Chapter 005

05:001

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying

05:002

When men let grow their hair in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly, bless ye HaShem

05:003

Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, unto HaShem will I sing; I will sing praise to HaShem, the G-d of Israel

05:004

HaShem, when Thou didst go forth out of Seir, when Thou didst march out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water

05:005

The mountains quaked at the presence of HaShem, even yon Sinai at the presence of HaShem, the G-d of Israel

05:006

In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways

05:007

The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that thou didst arise, Deborah, that thou didst arise a mother in Israel

05:008

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel

05:009

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye HaShem

05:010

Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich cloths, and ye that walk by the way, tell of it

05:011

Louder than the voice of archers, by the watering-troughs! there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of HaShem, even the righteous acts of His rulers in Israel. Then the people of HaShem went down to the gates

05:012

Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song; arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam

05:013

Then made He a remnant to have dominion over the nobles and the people; HaShem made me have dominion over the mighty

05:014

Out of Ephraim came they whose root is in Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff

05:015

And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart

05:016

Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart

05:017

Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships? Asher dwelt at the shore of the sea, and abideth by its bays

05:018

Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field

05:019

The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money

05:020

They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera

05:021

The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength

05:022

Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones

05:023

'Curse ye Meroz', said the angel of HaShem, 'Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of HaShem, to the help of HaShem against the mighty.

05:024

Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, above women in the tent shall she be blessed

05:025

Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd

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Her hand she put to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head, yea, she pierced and struck through his temples

05:027

At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; at her feet he sunk, he fell; where he sunk, there he fell down dead

05:028

Through the window she looked forth, and peered, the mother of Sisera, through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots

05:029

The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself

05:030

'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments of embroidery, two dyed garments of broidery for the neck of every spoiler?

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So perish all Thine enemies, O HaShem; but they that love Him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years



Book 07 : NEVIIM - JUDGES - Chapter 005

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