Judges 5:6
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
5The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
7Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
Cross References
Judges 3:31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
2 Chronicles 15:5In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
Isaiah 33:8The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
Lamentations 4:18They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
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 →