Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 5:28
Looked out — Expecting to see him returning: for she concluded, that he went forth not so much to fight, as to take the spoil.
Looked out — Expecting to see him returning: for she concluded, that he went forth not so much to fight, as to take the spoil.
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...
The scene is changed to the palace of Sisera....
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...
THE MOTHER OF SISERA. There is irony almost matchless irony in the closing lines of the poem, but it is not cruel mocking irony. The words were neither written, nor meant to be recited or sung, in a s...
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...
THE MOTHER.. woman active on each side, with other women involved (Judges 5:30). A. the....
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...
The mother of Sisera. The last scene is a fine piece of dramatic irony. The king's mother is pictured as waiting eagerly for her son's return; her disappointment is left to the imagination....
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...
_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...
_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...
CRIED] in eager, half-anxious tones....
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...
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...
בְּעַד֩ הַ חַלֹּ֨ון נִשְׁקְפָ֧ה וַ תְּיַבֵּ֛ב...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, full of uneasiness and impatience over the delay of her son, otherwise so quick in returning with rich booty, WHY IS HIS CHA...
THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SISERA...
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...
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 mothe...
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....
Judges 5:28 mother H517 Sisera H5516 looked H8259 (H8738) window H2474 out H2980 (H8762) lattice H822 chariot...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 5:28 THE MOTHER OF SISERA is a pitiable figure, but these verses highlight Jael’s achievement. Rather than bringing stolen goods to impress his women, Sisera lay dead at another...
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 thei...
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...
2 Kings 1:2; James 5:7; Judges 4:15; Song of Solomon 2:9; So