[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Judges Overview]] [[Judges 04]] [[Judges 06]] # Judges 05 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Celebrating the Victory in Song [[#Verse 01.]] On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song: [[#Verse 02.]] “When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war— Praise the Lord! [[#Verse 03.]] Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the Lord! I will sing to the Lord God of Israel! [[#Verse 04.]] O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain. [[#Verse 05.]] The mountains trembled before the Lord, the God of Sinai; before the Lord God of Israel. [[#Verse 06.]] In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads. [[#Verse 07.]] Warriors were scarce; they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel. [[#Verse 08.]] God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found among forty military units in Israel. [[#Verse 09.]] My heart went out to Israel’s leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the Lord! [[#Verse 10.]] You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention! [[#Verse 11.]] Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord’s victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates— [[#Verse 12.]] Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Capture your prisoners of war, son of Abinoam! [[#Verse 13.]] Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the Lord’s people came down to me as warriors. [[#Verse 14.]] They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek; they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer’s staff. [[#Verse 15.]] Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah; the men of Issachar supported Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching. [[#Verse 16.]] Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben—there was intense searching of heart. [[#Verse 17.]] Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan—why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast; he stayed by his harbors. [[#Verse 18.]] The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged onto the battlefields. [[#Verse 19.]] Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder. [[#Verse 20.]] From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera. [[#Verse 21.]] The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them—the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong! [[#Verse 22.]] The horses’ hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly. [[#Verse 23.]] ‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord; ‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ [[#Verse 24]] The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents. [[#Verse 25.]] He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds. [[#Verse 26.]] Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She “hammered” Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple. [[#Verse 27.]] Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell—violently killed! [[#Verse 28.]] Through the window she looked; Sisera’s mother cried out through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so slow to return? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot horses delayed?’ [[#Verse 29.]] The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself, [[#Verse 30.]] ‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder— a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’ [[#Verse 31.]] May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24 ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes