Judges 5:23

Curse ye Meroz Probably this village lay on the route of Sisera's flight, and the inhabitants, though they were Israelites, made no effort to help their kinsmen in following up the victory. Similarly Succoth and Penuel refused to give Gideon assistance, Judges 8:5-9. The situation of Meroz is unknown.

the angel of the Lord Perhaps Jehovah Himself in manifestation; see on Judges 2:1. But it is conceivable that the angelis a later insertion designed to soften the direct intervention of Jehovah at this point.

against the mighty or among the mighty(marg.), or, with a slight change, as heroes, cf. Judges 5:13 n.