Judges 5:29

Her wisest princesses replied, 1 and she gave herself the same answer: 1

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Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

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28Out of a window she looked— 1 the mother of Sisera looked through the lattice and she called out in sadness, 1 'Why has it taken his chariot so long to come? 1 Why have the hoofbeats of the horses that pull his chariots been delayed?' 1

30'Have they not found and divided up the plunder? 1 —A womb, two wombs for every man; 1 the plunder of dyed fabric for Sisera, 1 the plunder of dyed fabric embroidered, 1 two pieces of dyed fabric embroidered for the necks of those who plunder?' 1

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Cross References

Esther 1:18Before the end of this very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the matter of the queen will say the same thing to all the king's officials. There will be much contempt and anger.

Matthew Henry on Judges 5:25-31

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 The… Read the whole commentary →

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