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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Judges 5:6-8

Deborah takes a most effectual method to heighten to the view of the people, the deliverance their God had wrought for them, by dwelling more particularly upon their former misery. From their last judge Shamgar, it should seem that their enemies would not allow them any judge or governor; consequently they had no ministration of justice. Hence their highways were infested with robbers, and the poor traveler was obliged to seek out his path through intricate ways. Trade from caravans was of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 5:7

Valiant. Hebrew is also translated, "the villages ceased," as no one thought himself in safety out of the strong cities. --- Until. Hebrew, "until I, Debbora, arose, that I arose, a mother," &c. The Holy Ghost obliges her to declare her own praises. She deserved the glorious title of "mother of her country." --- Mother denotes an authority, mixed with sweetness: such had been exercised by Debbora, in deciding the controversies of the people, (Calmet) and in directing them to follow the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Judges 5:1-18

The Glory and Power of Israel v. 1. Then sang Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, on that day, the song having been composed by Deborah in celebration of the great victory, saying, v. 2. Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves, literally, "for the free exhibition of warlike valor in Israel," namely, when the people with their leaders wholly devoted themselves to God. and hazarded their lives in the strength of this faith, "for the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 5:6-8

The Previous DistressJudges 5:6-8.6After14 the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,After the Helper’s (Jael’s) days,The highways were deserted.The traveller went in winding ways.7Deserted were Israel’s hamlets,15 deserted,Till I Deborah rose up—rose up a mother in Israel.8New gods had they got them16—therefore the press of war approached their gates;17Among forty thousand in Israel was there found18 or shield or spear?TEXTUAL AND GRAMMATICAL[1 Judges 5:6.—On this translation of בְּ, compare the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 5:1-11

the Song of a “Mother in Israel” Judges 5:1-11 One of the noblest odes in literature! It celebrates a mighty victory through the enthusiastic consecration of the people, who laid themselves as freewill offerings on the altar of their country’s deliverance, Judges 5:2 ; Judges 5:9 . There is a greater cause that summons us today, for we fight “not against flesh and blood, but… against the rulers of the darkness of this world,” Ephesians 6:12 . The singer recites the mighty deeds of the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 5:1-31

Here we have preserved for us the great song of Deborah, composed and sung in celebration of the victory. It is full of fire and passion and is a remarkable index to the character of the woman herself. It may be divided into two main parts. First, verses one to eleven is a great chant of confidence, telling the story of the deepest secret of the victories. Everything is attributed to the direct government and activity of God. In it she recognized that the leaders were raised and the people... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 5:6-8

The Condition of Israel and The Rise of Deborah (Judges 5:6-8 ). Judges 5:6 “In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, The highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.” In the days, that is, before they acted (Judges 3:31; Judges 4:17). Israel in those days dared not be found in the plains where the caravans made their way between Mesopotamia and Egypt. They had had to trade secretly and keep to secret paths to avoid... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 5:1-12

Judges 5. The Song of Deliverance.— The Song of Deborah— so called because of the words “ I, Deborah, arose” ( Judges 5:7)— is a splendid battle-ode, evidently contemporaneous with the events which it celebrates. It breathes the patriotic fervour and religious enthusiasm which inspired the loftiest minds in Israel, and proves that a great faith was already working wonders in the tribes which till lately had been desert nomads. “ It is a work of genius, and therefore a work of that highest art... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 5:7

The villages ceased; the people forsook all their unfortified towns, as not being able to protect them from military insolence. A mother, i.e. to be to them as a mother, to instruct, and rule, and protect them, which duties a mother oweth to her children as far as she is able. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 5:1-11

THE THANKSGIVING SONG OF THE REDEEMED CHURCH.—Judges 5:1-11CRITICAL NOTES.—The subject matter of this song is an ascription of praise to the God of Israel, as the Deliverer of His people in an evil day. While many hands were at work to bring out the happy issue, all the glory is reckoned to be due to Jehovah; or, if others are mentioned, it is as being instruments in His hand. This is the uniform manner of Scripture; hence the tone of piety which marks all its histories and meditations... read more