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Verse Judges 5:24. _BLESSED ABOVE WOMEN SHALL JAEL - BE_] She shall be
highly celebrated as a most heroic woman; all the Israelitish women
shall glory in her. I do not understand these words as expres...
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The blessing here pronounced is in strong contrast with the curse of
Meroz. Deborah speaks of Jael’s deed by the light of her own age,
which did not make manifest the evil of guile and bloodshed; the...
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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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BLESSED ABOVE WOMEN. Compare Luke 1:28 "among". See notes on Judges
4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:11; Judges 5:30....
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The courageous devotion of Jael is set effectively against the
unpatriotic selfishness of Meroz. Jael here receives enthusiastic
praise for what strikes us as nothing less than a treacherous murder.
A...
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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 b...
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CURSE YE MEROZ, SAID THE ANGEL OF THE LORD— It is plain from the
corresponding clause, that Meroz was a city, the _inhabitants whereof_
refused to assist in this war, and therefore are thus solemnly d...
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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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_BLESSED ABOVE WOMEN SHALL JAEL THE WIFE OF HEBER THE KENITE BE,
BLESSED SHALL SHE BE ABOVE WOMEN IN THE TENT._
Blessed above women shall Jael ... be. A high eulogy is pronounced on
her devoted loyal...
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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 prophete...
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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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BLESSED ABOVE WOMEN. — Jael would be regarded as a patriotic
heroine, whose daring had secured to Israel the fruits of their
victory. The morals of that early age were not sufficiently
enlightened to...
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תְּבֹרַךְ֙ מִ נָּשִׁ֔ים יָעֵ֕ל
אֵ֖שֶׁת חֶ֣בֶר הַ קֵּינִ֑י מִ
נָּשִׁ֥ים בָּ † אֹ֖הֶל תְּבֹרָֽךְ׃...
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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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_Among. Hebrew, "above." After cursing those who befriended the enemy,
Debbora pronounces a blessing upon Jahel. (Haydock) --- The blessed
Virgin is surely still more entitled to praise. (Worthington)...
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If the Reader, after reading all these verses as they stand in their
proper places, will attend to the several things contained in them, he
wilt find that Deborah takes a view of the whole army both f...
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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 BLESSING ON JAEL_
‘Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,
blessed shall she be above women in the tent.’
Judges 5:24
The main interest of this narrative lies with a wo...
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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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BLESSED ABOVE WOMEN SHALL JAEL THE WIFE OF HEBER THE KENITE BE,....
Under the same influence that Meroz was cursed, Jael is blessed, the
one for not helping Israel in a public way, the other for doing...
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Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,
blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Ver. 24. _Above women in the tent._] A fit place for women to be found
in, but not for th...
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_Blessed_, &c. This is a beautiful and striking transition, whereby
the prophetess passes from the curse pronounced by the command of the
angel on the Merozites to the blessing of Jael, on whom she pa...
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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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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 com...
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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 mother...
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BLESSED ABOVE WOMEN; celebrated, and praised, and endowed with all
sorts of blessings more than they. But of this fact of Jael s, SEE
POOLE ON "JUDGES 4:21". IN THE TENT; in her tent or habitation, in...
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Judges 5:24 blessed H1288 (H8792) women H802 Jael H3278 wife H802
Heber H2268 Kenite H7017 Blessed H1288 (H8792) women H802 tents H168
Judges 4:17; Genesis 14:19; Proverbs 31:31;...
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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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Judges 5:24
The main interest of this narrative lies with a woman. Deborah is one
of the most striking figures in Jewish history. She was the leader and
guide of her countrymen in the effort which re...
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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 Exodus 15:1)....
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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 the...
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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), assiste...
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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...
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Genesis 14:19; Judges 4:17; Luke 1:28; Luke 1:42; Proverbs 31:31...
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Blessed — Celebrated, and endowed with all sorts of blessings more
than they. In the tent — In her tent or habitation, in her house and
family, and all her affairs: for she and hers dwelt in tents. Th...