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Verse Judges 5:28. _CRIED THROUGH THE LATTICE_] This is very natural:
in the women's apartments in the East the windows are _latticed_, to
prevent them from sending or receiving letters, c. The lattic...
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The scene is changed to the palace of Sisera....
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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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THE MOTHER.. woman active on each side, with other women involved
(Judges 5:30).
A. the....
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For a translation of the verse see p. 54. _Out of the window
looked_cf. 2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Kings 9:30. _Lattice_, again in Proverbs
7:6 "_window_; the rendering comes from LXX. A; cod. B gives -a hole
i...
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THE MOTHER OF SISERA LOOKED OUT, &C.— Dr. Lowth produces this
passage as a most beautiful example of the prosopopoeia: "We have, in
the first place," says he, "the most striking image of maternal
soli...
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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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_THE MOTHER OF SISERA LOOKED OUT AT A WINDOW, AND CRIED THROUGH THE
LATTICE, WHY IS HIS CHARIOT SO LONG IN COMING? WHY TARRY THE WHEELS OF
HIS CHARIOTS?_
In these verses a sudden transition is made t...
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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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THE MOTHER OF SISERA. — With a bold poetic impetuosity the scene is
changed, and the prophetess, with a few broad touches, sets before us
the last scene of the strange eventful history. The mother of...
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בְּעַד֩ הַ חַלֹּ֨ון נִשְׁקְפָ֧ה וַ
תְּיַבֵּ֛ב אֵ֥ם סִֽיסְרָ֖א בְּעַ֣ד
הָֽ אֶשְׁנָ֑ב מַדּ֗וּעַ בֹּשֵׁ֤שׁ
רִכְבֹּו֙
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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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_His mother, &c. This poetical imagination is very natural. --- Room.
Hebrew, "through the lattices," eshnab, of which the windows then
consisted, Proverbs vii. 6. (Calmet) --- Horses. Protestants, "w...
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What an awful contrast to the wife of Heber doth Sisera's mother
appear! Little better than a common strumpet, she seems to rejoice in
her son ' s supposed debaucheries, and those of his army, over th...
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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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THE MOTHER OF SISERA LOOKED OUT AT A WINDOW,.... Which perhaps looked
towards the high road, in which she expected Sisera to return in his
chariot with his victorious army; and she was looking out for...
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The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the
lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels
of his chariots?
Ver. 28. _The mother of Sisera._] _Per hypoty...
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_The mother of Sisera looked out at a window_ Expecting to see him
returning; for she concluded that he went forth not so much to fight
as to take the spoil. _Have they not divided the spoil?_ That is...
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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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LOOKED OUT AT A WINDOW, expecting to see him returning; for she
concluded that he went forth not so much to fight as to take the
spoil....
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Judges 5:28 mother H517 Sisera H5516 looked H8259 (H8738) window H2474
out H2980 (H8762) lattice H822 chariot H7393 long H954 (H8765) coming
H935 (H8800) tarries H309 (H8765) clatter H6471 chariots H4...
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THE MOTHER OF SISERA, A STARK CONTRAST TO JAEL (JUDGES 5:28).
Looking back through the ages we rightly feel pity for this poor woman
waiting for her son. But then they were not our daughters whom her...
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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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_Why is his chariot so long in coming?_
why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
THE DELAYED CHARIOT
The language of this hoping, yet half-despairing and disconsolate
mother, has been, I presume, the l...
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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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2 Kings 1:2; James 5:7; Judges 4:15; Song of Solomon 2:9; Song of
Solomon 8:14...
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Looked out — Expecting to see him returning: for she concluded, that
he went forth not so much to fight, as to take the spoil....