17 aGilead stayed beyond the Jordan,
And why did Dan remain1 on ships?
bAsher continued at the seashore,
And stayed by his inlets.
And why did Dan remain1 on ships?
bAsher continued at the seashore,
And stayed by his inlets.
18 aZebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
19 “The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In aTaanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In aTaanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.
21 aThe torrent of Kishon swept them away,
That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
O my soul, march on in strength!
That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
O my soul, march on in strength!
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’
24 “Most blessed among women is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
aBlessed is she among women in tents.
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
aBlessed is she among women in tents.
26 She stretched her hand to the tent peg,
Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.
Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.
27 At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
At her feet he sank, he fell;
Where he sank, there he fell adead.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
Where he sank, there he fell adead.
28 “The mother of Sisera looked through the window,
And cried out through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’
And cried out through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil:
To every man a girl or two;
For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,
Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’
To every man a girl or two;
For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,
Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’
31 “Thus let all Your enemies aperish, O Lord!
But let those who love Him be blike the csun
When it comes out in full dstrength.” So the land had rest for forty years.
But let those who love Him be blike the csun
When it comes out in full dstrength.” So the land had rest for forty years.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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