Verse 6
"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 contemporaries!
"The highways were unoccupied" (Judges 5:6). "This is a graphic description of a country occupied by an enemy."[16]
"Until that I Deborah arose" (Judges 5:7). Yates tells us that the Hebrew verb here may be understood either as first person or second person.[17] However, there is no mandate in this fact that requires recent translators to deny the first person. We agree with Moore in the International Critical Commentary that this verse CONFIRMS the authorship of Deborah for this poem.
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