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Probably an allusion to the frantic efforts of the chariot-horses to
disengage themselves from the morass (Judges 4:15 note).
MIGHTY ONES - Applied to bulls Psalms 22:12 and horses...
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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...
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THE BATTLE OF MEGIDDO. The waters of Megiddo were tributaries of the
Kishon. Taanach and Megiddo (p. 30) were both towns on the left bank
of the river. The battle-field of Megiddo long afterwards sugg...
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THE PRANSINGS. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._...
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_did … stamp_ or _hammered_(i.e. the earth); the same verb as in
Judges 5:26. In the next line the Hebrew words imitate the gallop of
horses in precipitate flight. Cf. Nahum 3:2. _Their strong ones_ar...
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The battle....
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THEN WERE THE HORSE-HOOFS BROKEN— The word _prancings_ destroys the
whole force of this passage. The sacred writer means to inform us of
the extreme haste and precipitation with which the vanquished f...
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_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...
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_THEN WERE THE HORSEHOOFS BROKEN BY THE MEANS OF THE PRANSINGS, THE
PRANSINGS OF THEIR MIGHTY ONES._
Horse-hoofs. Anciently, as in many parts of the East still, horses
were not shod. The breaking of...
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RV 'Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the pransings.' This
v., describing the battle, would seem naturally to precede Judges
1:21., describing the rout....
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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...
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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...
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BY THE MEANS OF THE PRANSINGS. — Rather, _the stampings._ In
crossing the Kishon after moderate rains, I had an opportunity of
observing by personal experience how easily a horse might be
hopelessly d...
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אָ֥ז הָלְמ֖וּ עִקְּבֵי ־ס֑וּס מִֽ
דַּהֲרֹ֖ות...
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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...
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THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES
Judges 5:12
This noble psalm contains memorable sentences. The “captivity”
phrase in Judges 5:12 is quoted in Psalms 68:18 and...
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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...
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If the Reader, after reading all these verses as they stand in their
proper places, will attend to the several things contained in them, he
wilt find that Deborah takes a view of the whole army both f...
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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...
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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-...
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THEN WERE THE HORSE HOOFS BROKEN BY MEANS OF THE PRANSINGS,.... Either
through the force of the waters of the river, where they pranced and
plunged, and could have no standing; or through the swift ha...
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Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the
pransings of their mighty ones.
Ver. 22. _Then were the horse hoofs broken,_] viz., With hasty flight;
as afterwards it fell out at...
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_Then were the horse-hoofs broken_ This verse finely expresses, and
gives us the strongest image of, the confusion and rapidity of the
flight of Sisera's captains and great men, as well as of the
mult...
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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...
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THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SISERA...
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Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the
prancings of their mighty ones, or, "Then stamped the hoofs of the
horses from the rushing, the rushing of his champions," as the fo...
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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...
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PRANSINGS:
Or, tramplings, or plungings...
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12-23 Deborah called on her own soul to be in earnest. He that will
set the hearts of other men on fire with the love of Christ, must
himself burn with love. Praising God is a work we should awake to...
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Their horses, in which they put most confidence, had their hoofs,
which is their support and strength, broken, either by dreadful
hailstones, or rather, by their swift and violent running over the
sto...
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Judges 5:22 horses H5483 hooves H6119 pounded H1986 (H8804) galloping
H1726 galloping H1726 steeds H47
horsehoofs -...
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Judges 5:20 a.
“They fought from heaven,
The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
The river Kishon swept them away,
That ancient river, the river Kishon.”
Earth and heaven combined to des...
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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...
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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...
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_Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and
lead thy captivity captive._
MAGNIFICAT
I. First, then, a stirring up, of all our powers to praise God,
according to the words o...
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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...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 5:19 The imagery suggests that the forces of
nature fought on God’s side (and the Canaanite deities, who
supposedly ruled over nature, were powerless to help against the true
God...
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CHAPTER 5.—_Judges 5:12_
THE THANKSGIVING SONG.—_Continued_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 5:12. AWAKE, AWAKE, DEBORAH, etc.] Having
adverted in the above paragraph to the high pitch of prosperity, which
Is...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 5:28; Jeremiah 47:4; Micah 4:13; Psalms 147:10; Psalms 147:11
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Horses hoofs — Their horses, in which they put most confidence, had
their hoofs, which are their support and strength, broken, either by
dreadful hail — stones, or rather, by their swift and violent
r...