Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Judges 5:8
They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a (d) shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
(d) They had no heart to resist their enemies.
They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a (d) shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
(d) They had no heart to resist their enemies.
Verse Judges 5:8. _THEY CHOSE NEW GODS_] This was the cause of all their calamities; _they forsook Jehovah, and served other gods; and then_ _was war in their gates_-they were hemmed up in every plac...
The “war in the gates” describes the hostile attacks of the Canaanites, which were the punishment of the idolatry of the Israelites (compare the marginal references), and the reduction of Israel to an...
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...
NEW GODS. Compare Deuteronomy 32:16. WAS THERE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._...
It is still the period of the oppression, though Judges 5:7 has for a moment anticipated matters by alluding to the -rise" of Deborah. The first half of the verse yields no certain meaning. _They chos...
The recent oppression....
THEY CHOSE NEW GODS— This verse is differently rendered. Some interpreters suppose that the meaning simply is, that in consequence of the Israelitish idolatry, war and destruction overtook them: forsa...
_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...
_THEY CHOSE NEW GODS; THEN WAS WAR IN THE GATES: WAS THERE A SHIELD OR SPEAR SEEN AMONG FORTY THOUSAND IN ISRAEL?_ They chose new gods. This clause has been variously rendered. But we shall notice on...
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...
The first two clauses are very obscure; the second should perhaps be 'the barley-bread failed.'...
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...
THEY CHOSE NEW GODS. — The Chaldee and the LXX. agree in this interpretation, which is strongly supported by Deuteronomy 32:16. The Syriac and Vulgate render it “God chose new things,” or “wars” (_nov...
יִבְחַר֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים אָ֖ז לָחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִ֑ים...
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...
Israel. What could be more astonishing and new, than this method of warfare, in which a few unarmed Israelites gain the victory over an immense army, and oblige the general, to leap from his chariot,...
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-...
THEY CHOSE NEW GODS,.... That is, Israel, as most of the Jewish commentators interpret it; for the verb is singular, and Israel agrees well with it: this they did after the death of Joshua; it refers...
They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? Ver. 8. _They chose new gods._] τα καινα κενα: _Nihil mihi antiquius, id est potius:...
_They chose_, &c. That is, the Israelites, after the death of Ehud, forsook the Lord, and served other gods. And they did not only submit to idolatry when they were forced to it by tyrants, but they f...
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...
They, the people of Israel, CHOSE NEW GODS, the cause of their downfall, the reason for their misery; THEN WAS WAR IN THE GATES, as a result of their having forsaken the old, the everlasting God, Deut...
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...
They did not only submit to idolatry when they were forced to it by tyrants, but they freely chose _new gods_; new to them, and unknown to their fathers, and _new_ in comparison of the true and everla...
Judges 5:8 chose H977 (H8799) new H2319 gods H430 war H3901 gates H8179 shield H4043 spear H7420 seen...
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...
Judges 5:7 I. Perhaps the general idea of a village in the Bible was of a cluster of unwalled huts or houses, without a synagogue; but we may be sure that in most such places, although the priest and...
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...
1 Samuel 13:19; Deuteronomy 32:16; Deuteronomy 32:17; Judges 2:12;...
Chose — They did not only submit to idolatry when they were forced to it by tyrants, but they freely chose it. New gods — New to them, and unknown to their fathers, and new in comparison of the true a...