Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 5:30
Have they not, &e. — That is, it is certain they have got the prey, only they tarry to distribute it, according to every man's quality and merit.
Have they not, &e. — That is, it is certain they have got the prey, only they tarry to distribute it, according to every man's quality and merit.
Render the latter part of the verse “a booty of dyed garments for Sisera, a booty of dyed garments and of party-colored cloth, a dyed garment and two party-colored clothes for the necks of the booty,”...
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...
HAVE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ SPED. found; i.e. the damsels they were fighting for: and while doing so they were defeated by. woman. TO EVERY MAN. to every head of. man; "head" put by Figur...
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 verse has suffered from corrupt repetitions: _spoil_four times, _divers colours_three times. Omitting the superfluous words we may restore the text as follows: _Are they not finding, dividing the...
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...
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...
HAVE THEY NOT SPED?] rather, 'Do they not find?'—the form of the word denotes an unfinished action, which accounts for the delay. A DAMSEL _or_ TWO] rather, 'A slave-girl, two slave girls, for each b...
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...
HAVE THEY NOT SPED? HAVE THEY NOT DIVIDED THE PREY? — Literally, _Are they not finding? are they not dividing the spoil? Is not the wealth of their booty the cause of their delay?_ (Comp. Exodus 15:9...
הֲ לֹ֨א יִמְצְא֜וּ יְחַלְּק֣וּ שָׁלָ֗ל רַ֤חַם...
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...
Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on bot...
Necks. Hebrew, "the spoils of various colours, the embroidery of divers colours, on both sides, for the necks (of the captors) of the spoil." (Haydock) --- Or more simply, "for the neck (general) of t...
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-...
HAVE THEY NOT SPED?.... Or "found" u the enemy, Barak and his army, or the spoil of them? no doubt they have: HAVE THEY NOT DIVIDED THE PREY? doubtless they have, which being large, and the captives...
Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on bot...
_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...
Have they not sped? Have they not divided the prey, thereby being detained so long; TO EVERY MAN A DAMSEL OR TWO; TO SISERA A PREY OF DIVERS COLORS, beautiful colored or purple robes, A PREY OF DIVERS...
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...
TO EVERY MAN: _ Heb._ to the head of a man FOR THE NECKS OF THEM THAT TAKE THE SPOIL: _ Heb._ for the necks of the spoil...
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...
HAVE THEY NOT DIVIDED THE PREY? i.e. it is certain they have got the prey, only they tarry to view it and distribute it, according to every man's quality and merit. OF THEM THAT TAKE THE SPOIL, Heb. _...
Judges 5:30 finding H4672 (H8799) dividing H2505 (H8762) spoil H7998 every H7218 man H1397 girl H7356 two...
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 Samuel 13:18; Exodus 15:9; Genesis 37:3; Job 20:5; Psalms 45:14...