Judges 5:11

_THEY THAT ARE DELIVERED FROM THE NOISE OF ARCHERS IN THE PLACES OF DRAWING WATER, THERE SHALL THEY REHEARSE THE RIGHTEOUS ACTS OF THE LORD, EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS ACTS TOWARD THE INHABITANTS OF HIS VILLAGES IN ISRAEL: THEN SHALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD GO DOWN TO THE GATES._ They that are delivered ..., х_ MIQOWL_ (H6963) _ MªCHATSTSIYM_ (H2686)] - from the shouting either of archers [as the Targums render it, from chets, an arrow] or of those dividing [namely, the booty, from chaatsats, to divide]. IN THE PLACES OF DRAWING WATER, х_ MASH'ABIYM_ (H4857)] - between or among the water-troughs. 'Near the wells and fountains the robber and assassin commonly took his station; and in time of war the enemy placed their ambush there, because the flocks and herds, in which the wealth of the country chiefly consi

Verse Judges 5:11. _IN THE PLACES OF DRAWING WATER_] As wells were very scarce in every part of the East, and travellers in such _hot_ countries must have water, robbers and banditti generally took their stations near tanks, pools, and springs, in order that they might suddenly fall upon those who came to drink; and when the country was badly governed, annoyances of this kind were very frequent. The victory gained now by the Israelites put the whole country under their own government, and the land was cleansed from such marauders. Dr. _Shaw_, in his account of the sea-coast of the _Mauritania Caesariensis_, page 20, mentions a beautiful rill of water that runs into a basin of Roman workmanship, called _shrub we_ _krub_, "drink and be off," because of the danger of meeting with assassins in the place. Instead of such danger and insecurity, Deborah intimates that the...

The sense of the King James Version is that, whereas formerly they could not go in safety to draw water from their wells, but were shot at by the archers of the enemy, now they were delivered from such tumults; and standing round the wells in security rehearsed the righteous acts of the Lord in delivering them, and “the righteous acts of His government in Israel.” (See Judges 5:7). THEN SHALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD GO DOWN TO THE GATES - Israelites, who had hid themselves in caves and deserts, could return in security to the gates of their own cities for justice, or commerce, or to dwell there, now that the Canaanite was subdued....

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 by Barak, who perhaps sang the antistrophe (cf. Exodus 15:1, Exodus 15:21). It is a song of wonderful beauty and lyric power, somewhat difficult, as all Hebrew poetry is. JUDGES 5:2 Her first feeling was one of patriotic joy that her countrymen had been roused to the venture of war, and of gratitude to God that it was so. "For the bold leading of the leaders of Israel, for the

THEY THAT ARE DELIVERED FROM THE NOISE OF ARCHERS IN THE PLACE OF DRAWING WATER,.... Meaning either the army of the Israelites, delivered from the archers of Sisera's host at the river Kishon; or such persons, as maidens and others, that went out of the cities to fountains and wells of water, to fetch water from thence for their necessities, but were frightened by the noise of archers that shot at them; or shepherds who led their flocks to water them there, but were repulsed or slain by archers that lay in wait in woods or lurking places thereabout; but now the country being cleared of them, they could without fear have recourse to these places of drawing water for their flocks or other uses, which laid them under obligation to do as directed in the next clause. The words are by some rendered, "because of the voice of those that number (sheep and other cattle) at the places of drawing w...

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 5:12) 4. The fate of the enemy (Judges 5:23) This is one of the prophetic songs of the Bible. It is full of the fire of passion and enthusiasm, reflecting the character of the woman through whom the deliverance had been wrought. It has been classed with the barbaric outbursts of the battle-hymns and odes of triumph of heathen nations, likened to some wild chant of a victor, whose blood-thirst has been que

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 celebrates. It breathes the patriotic fervour and religious enthusiasm which inspired the loftiest minds in Israel, and proves that a great faith was already working wonders in the tribes which till lately had been desert nomads. It is a work of genius, and therefore a work of that highest art which is not studied and artificial, but spontaneous and inevitable (Moore, 135). R. H. Hutton calls it the greatest war-song of any age or nation. Unfortunately the text has suffered a good deal, and in some passages we can do no more than guess the sense. Judges 5:1 f. Yahweh is praised for two reasons: because the leaders of

THE PLACES OF DRAWING WATER: i.e. where the women were to be found. See notes on Judges 4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:30. Compare Genesis 24:11.Exodus 2:15....

The celebration of Jehovah's acts. This seems to be the meaning of Judges 5:11; Judges 5:9 are exceedingly obscure, owing to the condition of the text. After dwelling upon Israel's sufferings, the poet, so far as we understand him, turns with thankful emotion to those who helped to put an end to them....

_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 themselves. 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel. 4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel. 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel,