Judges 5:2
When depravity had broken out in Israel, then did the people offer themselves willingly; [therefore] praise ye the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
In Context
1Then sang Deborah with Barak the son of Abino'am on that day, saying,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:21And he provided the first part for himself, because there is the field of the law-giver, of the hidden; and he went forth at the head of the people: he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.
2 Samuel 22:47The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation;
Nehemiah 11:2And the people blessed all the men, that offered themselves voluntarily to dwell at Jerusalem.
Psalms 48:11(48:12) Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Psalms 97:8Zion heareth it, and rejoiceth; and glad are the daughters of Judah, because of thy decrees, O Lord.
Psalms 110:3Thy people will bring freewill-gifts on the day of thy power, in the ornaments of holiness: as out of the bosom of the morning-dawn so is thine the dew of thy youth.
Matthew Henry on Judges 5:2-6
The Song of Deborah and Barak. ( b. c. 1285.) 1 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… Read the whole commentary →