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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, commands you: &#8216;Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin&#8217;s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Barak said to her, &#8220;If you go with me, I will go; but if you don&#8217;t go with me, I won&#8217;t go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Certainly I will go with you,&#8221; said Deborah. &#8220;But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.&#8221; So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses&#8217; brother-in-law,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">father-in-law</span></span></span><span class="content"> and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Deborah said to Barak, &#8220;Go! This is the day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gone ahead of you?&#8221; So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">At Barak&#8217;s advance, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera&#8217;s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, &#8220;Come, my lord, come right in. Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221; So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;m thirsty,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Please give me some water.&#8221; She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Stand in the doorway of the tent,&#8221; he told her. &#8220;If someone comes by and asks you, &#8216;Is anyone in there?&#8217; say &#8216;No.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But Jael, Heber&#8217;s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. &#8220;Come,&#8221; she said, &#8220;I will show you the man you&#8217;re looking for.&#8221; So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple&#8212;dead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;When the princes in Israel take the lead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.5.2"><span class="content">when the people willingly offer themselves&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.5.2"><span class="content">praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.5.3"><span class="content">I, even I, will sing to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.5.3"><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, in song.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;When you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, went out from Seir,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.5.4"><span class="content">when you marched from the land of Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.5.4"><span class="content">the earth shook, the heavens poured,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.5.4"><span class="content">the clouds poured down water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The mountains quaked before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the One of Sinai,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.5.5"><span class="content">before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.5.6"><span class="content">in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.5.6"><span class="content">travelers took to winding paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Villagers in Israel would not fight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.5.7"><span class="content">they held back until I, Deborah, arose,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.5.7"><span class="content">until I arose, a mother in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God chose new leaders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.5.8"><span class="content">when war came to the city gates,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.5.8"><span class="content">but not a shield or spear was seen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.5.8"><span class="content">among forty thousand in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">My heart is with Israel&#8217;s princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.5.9"><span class="content">with the willing volunteers among the people.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.5.9"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;You who ride on white donkeys,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.5.10"><span class="content">sitting on your saddle blankets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.5.10"><span class="content">and you who walk along the road,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.5.10"><span class="content">consider </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the voice of the singers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> at the watering places.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.5.11"><span class="content">They recite the victories of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.5.11"><span class="content">the victories of his villagers in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.5.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.5.11"><span class="content">went down to the city gates.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8216;Wake up, wake up, Deborah!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.5.12"><span class="content">Wake up, wake up, break out in song!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.5.12"><span class="content">Arise, Barak!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.5.12"><span class="content">Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The remnant of the nobles came down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.5.13"><span class="content">the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came down to me against the mighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.5.14"><span class="content">Benjamin was with the people who followed you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.5.14"><span class="content">From Makir captains came down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.5.14"><span class="content">from Zebulun those who bear a commander&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:14 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> staff.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.5.15"><span class="content">yes, Issachar was with Barak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.5.15"><span class="content">sent under his command into the valley.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.5.15"><span class="content">In the districts of Reuben</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.5.15"><span class="content">there was much searching of heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Why did you stay among the sheep pens</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.5.16"><span class="content">to hear the whistling for the flocks?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.5.16"><span class="content">In the districts of Reuben</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.5.16"><span class="content">there was much searching of heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.5.17"><span class="content">And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.5.17"><span class="content">Asher remained on the coast</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.5.17"><span class="content">and stayed in his coves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The people of Zebulun risked their very lives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.5.18"><span class="content">so did Naphtali on the terraced fields.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Kings came, they fought,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.5.19"><span class="content">the kings of Canaan fought.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.5.19"><span class="content">At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.5.19"><span class="content">they took no plunder of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">From the heavens the stars fought,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.5.20"><span class="content">from their courses they fought against Sisera.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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