Judges 5:8
When they chose new gods, 1 there was fighting at the city gates 1 and yet there were no shields or spears seen 1 among forty thousand in Israel. 1
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7There were few rural people in Israel, 1 until I, Deborah, arose—arose as a mother in Israel! 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to demons, which are not God— 1 gods they had not known, 1 gods that recently appeared, 1 gods your fathers did not fear. 1
Judges 2:17Yet they would not listen to their judges. They were unfaithful to Yahweh and gave themselves like prostitutes to other gods and worshiped them. They soon turned aside from the way their fathers had lived—those who had obeyed the commandments of Yahweh—but they themselves did not do so.
1 Samuel 13:19No blacksmith could be found throughout all of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews would make swords or spears for themselves.”
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 →