E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 5:4
when. Compare Exodus 19:18 . dropped = dripped. read more
when. Compare Exodus 19:18 . dropped = dripped. read more
The mountains melted = from the mountains flowed down streams. read more
Shamgar. Compare Judges 3:31 . the highways, &c. = the highways were closed. read more
"Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye Princes; I, even I, will sing unto Jehovah; I will sing praises to Jehovah, the God of Israel. Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.""Hear, O ye kings ... princes" (Judges 5:3). "These kings and princes were not those of Israel; Israel had no kings or princes; these are the kings and princes of the heathen nations."[9]"Psalms... read more
"The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel."This is a very important verse. "The ancient and persistent tradition that connects the beginning of the religion of Israel with this holy mountain (Sinai) confirms the work of Moses beyond the shadow of a doubt."[13]And that is by no means all that is proved by this reference. It effectively DENIES the critical canard that Yahweh was a Canaanite god which Israel adopted after they... read more
"In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. And the travelers walked through byways. The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased. Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.""In the days of Shamgar" (Judges 5:6). The mention of this character was for the purpose of showing that the same conditions existed in the days of Jael that had previously existed in the days of Shamgar. This is a far cry from saying that Jael and Shamgar were... read more
Judges 5:2. Praise ye the Lord— Full of gratitude for this signal mark of divine favour, Deborah begins her song with a noble acknowledgment of God's assistance, and, as usual in poems of this kind, bursts forth in the next verse into a fine apostrophe, with all that variety of change in numbers and persons, which so eminently distinguishes the Hebrew poetry. Houbigant renders this clause, Because the leaders of Israel undertook the war, Because the people willingly offered themselves, praise... read more
Judges 5:4. Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir— The argument of this ode is, the delivery of the people of Israel, by the assistance of God, from bondage; which the sacred writer briefly proposing at the beginning, and having summoned the kings and princes of the neighbouring nations to take note of so great an event, she enters upon the praises of God, not from the recent benefit, but from the miracles performed of old, at their departure out of Egypt. O JEHOVAH! when thou wentest out of... read more
Judges 5:5. The mountains flowed down at the presence of Jehovah, Even Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel. See Habakkuk 3:6. Isaiah 64:1; Isaiah 64:12.Psalms 68:8-9; Psalms 68:8-9. Deuteronomy 1:19-20. An introduction so unexpectedly made from such great topics, breathes the free and fervent spirit of the ode. Nor is there, notwithstanding, the least obscurity, either in the connection or the tacit comparison of the benefit now received with that stupendous delivery from Egypt.... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 5:3
I, even I. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . read more