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Verse Judges 5:27. _AT HER FEET HE BOWED_] בין רגליה _bein
ragleyha_, "between her feet." After having stunned him she probably
sat down, for the greater convenience of driving the nail through his
te...
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CHAPTER 5
The Song of Deborah and Barak
_ 1. The praise of Jehovah (Judges 5:1)_
2. The condition of the people and their deliverance (Judges 5:6)
3. The celebration of the victory and the victors...
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THE BLESSING OF JAEL. Jael's deed is unhesitatingly and emphatically
approved. While the oppressor of Israel stood in her tent, drinking
the milk she gave him, she suddenly felled him to the earth wit...
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AT HER FEET. Note the Figure of speech _Asyndeton._ App-6.
HE BOWED, HE FELL. Figure of speech _Epibole._
DEAD. destroyed....
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The effect of the blow, vividly depicted in short, abrupt words; from
a standing position his body collapsed; lit. -he dropped on his knees,
fell headlong, and lay a broken wreck upon the ground." For...
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DISCOURSE: 264
JAEL AND SISERA
Judges 5:24. Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the
Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. He asked
water, and she gave him milk; she bro...
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_The Song of Deborah and Barak Judges 5:1-31_
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
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Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel,
when the people willingly offered...
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_SHE PUT HER HAND TO THE NAIL, AND HER RIGHT HAND TO THE WORKMEN'S
HAMMER; AND WITH THE HAMMER SHE SMOTE SISERA, SHE SMOTE OFF HIS HEAD,
WHEN SHE HAD PIERCED AND STRICKEN THROUGH HIS TEMPLES._
No JFB...
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DEBORAH'S TRIUMPH SONG
This song celebrates the victory of Judges 4 but from the point of
view, not of a later annalist, but of a contemporary poet—very
possibly (though see Judges 5:12) the prophetes...
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The repetition is highly effective.
28-30. Ironical representation of the expectation at Sisera's home....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 5
V1 On that day Deborah and Barak, Abinoam’s son, sang this song.
V2 ‘Praise the *Lord because the leaders of *Israel led. The people
were glad to...
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AT HER FEET. — Literally, _between her feet,_ as though the
dauntless woman had stridden over him as he lay in the dead sleep of
weariness.
HE BOWED. — The word means that he suddenly curled up his k...
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בֵּ֣ין רַגְלֶ֔יהָ כָּרַ֥ע נָפַ֖ל
שָׁכָ֑ב בֵּ֤ין...
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DEBORAH'S SONG: A DIVINE VISION
Judges 5:1
THE song of Deborah and Barak is twofold, the first portion, ending
with the eleventh verse, a chant of rising hope and pious
encouragement during the time...
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AT THE MERCY OF MIDIAN
Judges 5:24; Judges 6:1
What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord
and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influence
of their li...
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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...
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What a very high commendation hath the Holy Ghost been pleased to
bestow on Jael? There is but one beside of whom the same is said, and
the occasion is yet concerning a much greater deliverance, see L...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5.
God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had
left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the
proof-...
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Ver. 27 AT HER FEET HE BOWED, HE FELL, HE LAY DOWN,.... Perhaps at her
first approach to him, and attempt to drive the nail, or at the blow
she gave, he rose up, but she had done the business so effec...
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At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he
fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Ver. 27. _At her feet he bowed, he fell._] He was soon despatched, and
could never...
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_At her feet he bowed_, &c. This verse is considered by many as a
description of the struggles of Sisera after he was wounded; but
perhaps it may only be a relation of his lying down to sleep quite
sp...
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2 The Song of Deborah and Barak.
1 THEN sang Deborah, and Barak the son of Abinoam, on that day,
saying,
2 Praise ye the LORD, for the auenging of Israel, when the people
willingly offered themselue...
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At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down; at her feet he bowed, he
fell; where he bowed, there he fell down dead. So the smitten
chieftain drew himself together after the first blow was struck,
soug...
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THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SISERA...
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THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK
(vv.1-31)
To celebrate God's great victory over Canaan, Deborah and Barak sang a
remarkable song. Since Deborah's name is mentioned first, it seems
likely that she comp...
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AT HER:
_ Heb._ between
DEAD:
_ Heb._ destroyed...
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24-31 Jael had a special blessing. Those whose lot is cast in the
tent, in a low and narrow sphere, if they serve God according to the
powers he has given them, shall not lose their reward. The mothe...
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Here is a lively representation of the thing done. At the first blow
or wound he was awakened, and made some attempt to rise; but being
astonished and very weak, she also following her first blow with...
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Judges 5:27 feet H7272 sank H3766 (H8804) fell H5307 (H8804) still
H7901 (H8804) feet H7272 sank...
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THE CURSED AND THE BLESSED (JUDGES 5:23).
Judges 5:23
“Curse you Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh,
Curse you bitterly (literally ‘curse cursing') its inhabitants,
Because they came not to the help...
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CONTENTS: Song of Deborah and Barak.
CHARACTERS: God, Deborah, Barak, Jael, Sisera, Shamgar.
CONCLUSION: When we have received mercy from God, we should be speedy
in our returns of praise while the...
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Judges 5:4. _When thou wentest out of Seir._ God came from Teman, in
Seir; he covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth was full of
his praise. Zechariah 3:3. In like manner he now arose to sa...
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_Blessed above women shall Jael _. .. _ be._
THE BLESSING OF JAEL
And whose lips are they which pronounce this blessing? Indeed, it is
Deborah the prophetess who sings this song; it is Deborah, by w...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 5:1 The victory song of Deborah and Barak
praises God for his triumph over the Canaanites on Israel’s behalf
(compare the Song of Solomon 1:1 of Moses and Miriam in...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 5:24 MOST BLESSED OF WOMEN. JAEL is a heroine
for killing Sisera (see Judges 4:17)....
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CHAPTER 5—_Judges 5:23_
THE MISERABLE END OF THE WICKED
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 5:23. CURSE YE MEROZ, etc.] (See above p.
285.) No fellow creature may presume to pronounce a curse on another,
at thei...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 5:1
THEN SANG DEBORAH, etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the
composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung by her (as the
gender of the Hebrew verb indicates), assisted...
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And then sang Deborah and Barak the song of Abinoam on that day,
saying [or Barak the son of Abinoam] (Judges 5:1)
So this is the song of Deborah and Barak,
[Hallelujah,] Praise ye the LORD for the a...
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James 2:13; Matthew 7:2; Psalms 52:7...