Judges 5:8
They chose new gods.Then war was in the gates.Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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In Context
7The rulers ceased in Israel.They ceased until I, Deborah, arose;Until I arose a mother in Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to demons, not God,to gods that they did not know,to new gods that came up recently,which your fathers did not dread.
Judges 2:17Yet they did not listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not do so.
1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears";
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 →