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Verse Judges 5:6. _THE HIGHWAYS WERE UNOCCUPIED_] The land was full of
anarchy and confusion, being everywhere infested with banditti. No
public road was safe; and in going from place to place, the pe...
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Words dcscriptive of a state of weakness and fear, so that Israel
could not frequent the highways. It is a graphic description of a
country occupied by an enemy....
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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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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
celebr...
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SHAMGAR. Compare Judges 3:31.
THE HIGHWAYS, &C.. the highways were closed....
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The recent oppression....
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_Shamgar the son of Anath_ See on Judges 3:31. It is extraordinary
that the period of the oppression (_in the days of_as Judges 15:20)
should be dated by Shamgar, if he was the deliverer referred to i...
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IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR— The prophetess in these verses gives us a
description of the wretched state of Israel during the time of that
captivity, from which she, by the assistance of God, delivered the...
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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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_IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR THE SON OF ANATH, IN THE DAYS OF JAEL, THE
HIGHWAYS WERE UNOCCUPIED, AND THE TRAVELLERS WALKED THROUGH BYWAYS._
In the days of Shamgar ... in the days of Jael. Shamgar [Septua...
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SHAMGAR] mentioned (if he is the same man) in Judges 3:31 here, the
reference can hardly be to a Judge and deliverer. So with Jael;
perhaps another individual is intended; or the correct name has fall...
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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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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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IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR. — In this and the two next verses is
described the misery and dejection of Israel; and the names of Shamgar
and Jael are mentioned to enhance the glory of Deborah, by showing
t...
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בִּ ימֵ֞י שַׁמְגַּ֤ר בֶּן ־עֲנָת֙ בִּ
ימֵ֣י
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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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THE SONG OF A “MOTHER IN ISRAEL”
Judges 5:1
One of the noblest odes in literature! It celebrates a mighty victory
through the enthusiastic consecration of the people, who laid
themselves as freewill...
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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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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the
highways were (b) unoccupied, and the travellers walked through
byways.
(b) For fear of the enemies....
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The paths rested. The ways to the sanctuary of God were unfrequented;
and men walked in the bye-ways of error and sin. (Challoner) ---
Though Samgar and Jehel were so remarkable for their valour, as t...
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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 jud...
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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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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the
highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
Ver. 6. _In the days of Shamgar._] From the death of Ehud until t...
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_In the days of Shamgar_, &c. In this and the two following verses
Deborah, to give the Israelites a just sense of their deliverance, and
excite them to greater thankfulness, represents the miseries t...
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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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In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, who proved himself a hero in
a local attack on the Philistines, Judges 3:31, IN THE DAYS OF JAEL,
even though this heroic woman was then already living, yet I...
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THE GLORY AND POWER OF ISRAEL...
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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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TRAVELLERS:
_ Heb._ walkers of paths
BYWAYS:
_ Heb._ crooked ways...
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IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR; whilst Shamgar lived, who was, if not a judge,
yet an eminent person for strength and valour, JUDGES 3:31. IN THE
DAYS OF JAEL: Jael, though an illustrious woman, and of great...
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Judges 5:6 days H3117 Shamgar H8044 son H1121 Anath H6067 days H3117
Jael H3278 highways H734 deserted H2308 ...
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THE CONDITION OF ISRAEL AND THE RISE OF DEBORAH (JUDGES 5:6).
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...
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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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_Then sang Deborah and Barak._
LEADERS WHO LEAD
This is far better given in the Revised Version: “For that the
leaders took the lead in Israel, for that the people offered
themselves willingly, bles...
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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 5:6 Before Deborah AROSE as a deliverer, life
as it had been had CEASED when Israel submitted to its enemies. A
MOTHER IN ISRAEL. A title of honor and respect....
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_THE THANKSGIVING SONG OF THE REDEEMED CHURCH_.—_Judges 5:1_
CRITICAL 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
evi...
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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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2 Chronicles 15:5; Isaiah 33:8; Judges 3:31; Judges 4:17; Judges 4:18;...
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Jael — Jael, though an illustrious woman, effected nothing for the
deliverance of God's people, 'till God raised me up. By — ways —
Because of the Philistines and Canaanites, who, besides the public
b...
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FF— How can Jael be commended for such a cruel act of murder?
PROBLEM: The story of the death of Sisera at the hands of Jael depicts
a violent and cruel murder (Judges 4:21). However, the song of Debo...