Judges 5:9
My heart loves the leaders of Israel. All you who, of your own free will, offered yourselves during a crisis, bless the Lord.
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Judges 5:2“All you of Israel who have willingly offered your lives to danger, bless the Lord!
2 Chronicles 17:16Also after him, there was Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who was consecrated to the Lord; and with him were two hundred thousand strong men.
Psalms 103:2you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent.
2 Corinthians 8:3And I bear witness to them, that they were willing to accept what was in accord with their ability, and even what was beyond their ability.
2 Corinthians 8:17For certainly, he accepted the exhortation. But since he was more solicitous, he went to you of his own free will.
Matthew Henry on Judges 5:7-12
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord . 10 Speak, ye that ride… Read the whole commentary →