Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 5:2
The Lord — Give him the praise who hath done the work. The people — Chiefly Zebulun and Naphtali. Offered themselves — When neither Deborah nor Barak had any power to compel them.
The Lord — Give him the praise who hath done the work. The people — Chiefly Zebulun and Naphtali. Offered themselves — When neither Deborah nor Barak had any power to compel them.
Verse Judges 5:2. _FOR THE AVENGING OF ISRAEL_] See the notes, c., at the end of the chapter. _Clarke "_Judges 5:28_"_....
Render “For the leading of the leaders in Israel (the princes), for the willingness of the people (to follow them) bless ye the Lord.” See Deuteronomy 32:42 note, and compare Judges 5:9 and Judges 5:1...
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...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
Exordium....
The translation, after the LXX. cod. A, gives a good parallelism (leaders and people as in Judges 5:9), but it rests on slender support. The noun rendered _leaders_has this meaning among others (such...
PRAISE YE THE LORD— Full of gratitude for this signal mark of divine favour, Deborah begins her song with a noble acknowledgment of God's assistance, and, as usual in poems of this kind, bursts forth...
_The Song of Deborah and Barak Judges 5:1-31_ Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered...
_PRAISE YE THE LORD FOR THE AVENGING OF ISRAEL, WHEN THE PEOPLE WILLINGLY OFFERED THEMSELVES._ For the avenging of Israel, х_ BIPªROA`_ (H6544) _ PªRAA`OWT_ (H6546) _ Bª-YISRAA'EEL_ (H3478)] - in the...
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...
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...
FOR THE AVENGING OF ISRAEL. — The Hebrew word _peraoth_ cannot have this meaning, though it is found in the Syriac and implied by the Chaldee. The word only occurs in Deuteronomy 32:42, and there, as...
בִּ פְרֹ֤עַ פְּרָעֹות֙ בְּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּ הִ
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...
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...
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...
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the (a) people willingly offered themselves. (a) That is, the two tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali....
Lord. Hebrew may have different senses: "bless the Lord for having avenged Israel, the people willingly exposing themselves, or shewing their concurrence." Roman Septuagint, "What was hidden has been...
It is precious to begin with Hallelujah. It resembles the worship of heaven. Praise is comely for the righteous. And oh! what unceasing cause do the redeemed of the Lord find for it! I have often admi...
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...
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-...
PRAISE YE THE LORD FOR THE AVENGING OF ISRAEL,.... The injuries done to Israel by any of their enemies, and particularly what wrongs had been done them by Jabin, king of Canaan, for twenty years past;...
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. Ver. 2. _When the people willingly offered themselves._] As Judges 4:10. Barak had no power to press them,...
_Praise ye the Lord_, &c. This verse seems to be no more than the _exordium_, or preface to the song, expressing the subject or occasion of it, namely, _the avenging of Israel_, or the deliverance of...
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...
Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves, literally, "for the free exhibition of warlike valor in Israel," namely, when the people with their leaders...
THE GLORY AND POWER OF ISRAEL...
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...
PRAISE YE THE LORD; give him the praise who hath done the work. FOR THE AVENGING OF ISRAEL; or, _for taking vengeance_, to wit, upon his and their enemies, _by Israel_, or _for Israel_, for Israel's b...
Judges 5:2 leaders H6546 lead H6544 (H8800) Israel H3478 people H5971 offer H5068 (H8692) Bless H1288 ...
“In that the leaders took the lead in Israel, In that the people offered themselves willingly. Bless you Yahweh.” That leaders and people had responded to Yahweh's command through Deborah was an oc...
Judges 5:1 I. A person who thinks that a Divine lesson-book should present to us exclusively or chiefly high maxims of morality, or perfect models of character and behaviour, finds the Book of Judges...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:17; 2 Chronicles 17:16; 2 Corinthians 8:12; 2 Corinthians 9:7;...