Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Judges 5:6
Words dcscriptive of a state of weakness and fear, so that Israel could not frequent the highways. It is a graphic description of a country occupied by an enemy.
Words dcscriptive of a state of weakness and fear, so that Israel could not frequent the highways. It is a graphic description of a country occupied by an enemy.
Verse Judges 5:6. _THE HIGHWAYS WERE UNOCCUPIED_] The land was full of anarchy and confusion, being everywhere infested with banditti. No public road was safe; and in going from place to place, the pe...
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...
SHAMGAR. Compare Judges 3:31. THE HIGHWAYS, &C.. the highways were closed....
_Shamgar the son of Anath_ See on Judges 3:31. It is extraordinary that the period of the oppression (_in the days of_as Judges 15:20) should be dated by Shamgar, if he was the deliverer referred to i...
The recent oppression....
IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR— The prophetess in these verses gives us a description of the wretched state of Israel during the time of that captivity, from which she, by the assistance of God, delivered the...
_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...
_IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR THE SON OF ANATH, IN THE DAYS OF JAEL, THE HIGHWAYS WERE UNOCCUPIED, AND THE TRAVELLERS WALKED THROUGH BYWAYS._ In the days of Shamgar ... in the days of Jael. Shamgar [Septua...
SHAMGAR] mentioned (if he is the same man) in Judges 3:31 here, the reference can hardly be to a Judge and deliverer. So with Jael; perhaps another individual is intended; or the correct name has fall...
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...
IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR. — In this and the two next verses is described the misery and dejection of Israel; and the names of Shamgar and Jael are mentioned to enhance the glory of Deborah, by showing t...
בִּ ימֵ֞י שַׁמְגַּ֤ר בֶּן ־עֲנָת֙ בִּ ימֵ֣י
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...
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were (b) unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. (b) For fear of the enemies....
The paths rested. The ways to the sanctuary of God were unfrequented; and men walked in the bye-ways of error and sin. (Challoner) --- Though Samgar and Jehel were so remarkable for their valour, as t...
Deborah takes a most effectual method to heighten to the view of the people, the deliverance their God had wrought for them, by dwelling more particularly upon their former misery. From their last jud...
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-...
IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR, THE SON OF ANATH,.... Of whom see Judges 3:31; who succeeded Ehud as a judge, but lived not long, and did not much; at least wrought not a perfect deliverance of the children o...
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. Ver. 6. _In the days of Shamgar._] From the death of Ehud until t...
_In the days of Shamgar_, &c. In this and the two following verses Deborah, to give the Israelites a just sense of their deliverance, and excite them to greater thankfulness, represents the miseries t...
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...
In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, who proved himself a hero in a local attack on the Philistines, Judges 3:31, IN THE DAYS OF JAEL, even though this heroic woman was then already living, yet I...
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...
TRAVELLERS: _ Heb._ walkers of paths BYWAYS: _ Heb._ crooked ways...
IN THE DAYS OF SHAMGAR; whilst Shamgar lived, who was, if not a judge, yet an eminent person for strength and valour, JUDGES 3:31. IN THE DAYS OF JAEL: Jael, though an illustrious woman, and of great...
Judges 5:6 days H3117 Shamgar H8044 son H1121 Anath H6067 days H3117 Jael H3278 highways H734 deserted H2308 ...
THE CONDITION OF ISRAEL AND THE RISE OF DEBORAH (JUDGES 5:6). Judges 5:6 “In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, The highways were unoccupied...
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...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 5:6 Before Deborah AROSE as a deliverer, life as it had been had CEASED when Israel submitted to its enemies. A MOTHER IN ISRAEL. A title of honor and respect....
_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...
2 Chronicles 15:5; Isaiah 33:8; Judges 3:31; Judges 4:17; Judges 4:18;...
Jael — Jael, though an illustrious woman, effected nothing for the deliverance of God's people, 'till God raised me up. By — ways — Because of the Philistines and Canaanites, who, besides the public b...
FF— How can Jael be commended for such a cruel act of murder? PROBLEM: The story of the death of Sisera at the hands of Jael depicts a violent and cruel murder (Judges 4:21). However, the song of Debo...