Judges 5:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? ”

Judges 5:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The scene is changed to the palace of Sisera.
Judges 5:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessing of Jael. Jael's deed is unhesitatingly and emphatically approved. While the oppressor of Israel stood in her tent, drinking the milk she gave him, she suddenly felled him to the earth...
Judges 5:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The mother. . woman active on each side, with other women involved ( Judges 5:30 ). a . the.
Judges 5:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? Cried through the lattice - This is very natu...
Judges 5:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The mother of Sisera looked out, &c.— Dr. Lowth produces this passage as a most beautiful example of the prosopopoeia: "We have, in the first place," says he, "the most striking image of matern...
Judges 5:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? In these verses a sudden transition is m...
Judges 5:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deborah's Triumph Song This song celebrates the victory of Judges 4 but from the point of view, not of a later annalist, but of a contemporary poet—very possibly (though see Judges 5:12 ) the p...
Judges 5:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The mother of Sisera. — With a bold poetic impetuosity the scene is changed, and the prophetess, with a few broad touches, sets before us the last scene of the strange eventful history. The mother...
Judges 5:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DEBORAH'S SONG: A DIVINE VISION Judges 5:1-31 THE song of Deborah and Barak is twofold, the first portion, ending with the eleventh verse, a chant of rising hope and pious encouragement during...
Judges 5:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

at the Mercy of Midian Judges 5:24-31 ; Judges 6:1-6 What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influenc...
Judges 5:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have preserved for us the great song of Deborah, composed and sung in celebration of the victory. It is full of fire and passion and is a remarkable index to the character of the woman hersel...
Judges 5:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an awful contrast to the wife of Heber doth Sisera's mother appear! Little better than a common strumpet, she seems to rejoice in her son ' s supposed debaucheries, and those of his army, over t...
Judges 5:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window ,.... Which perhaps looked towards the high road, in which she expected Sisera to return in his chariot with his victorious army; and she was looking out...
Judges 5:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? Ver. 28. The mother of Sisera. ] Per hypo...
Judges 5:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window Expecting to see him returning; for she concluded that he went forth not so much to fight as to take the spoil. Have they not divided the spoil? That i...
Judges 5:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-31) To celebrate God's great victory over Canaan, Deborah and Barak sang a remarkable song. Since Deborah's name is mentioned first, it seems likely that she...
Judges 5:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Judges 5:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Looked out at a window, expecting to see him returning; for she concluded that he went forth not so much to fight as to take the spoil.
Judges 5:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Mother of Sisera, a Stark Contrast to Jael ( Judges 5:28-30 ). Looking back through the ages we rightly feel pity for this poor woman waiting for her son. But then they were not our daughters...
Judges 5:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 5— Judges 5:23-31 THE MISERABLE END OF THE WICKED CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 5:23 . Curse ye Meroz, etc.] (See above p. 285.) No fellow creature may presume to pronounce a curse on anoth...
Judges 5:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:4 . When thou wentest out of Seir. God came from Teman, in Seir; he covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise. Zechariah 3:3 . In like manner he now arose...
Judges 5:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? The delayed chariot The language of this hoping, yet half-despairing and disconsolate mother, has been, I presume, t...
Judges 5:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah , etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung by her (as the gender of the Hebrew verb indicate...
Judges 5:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat and Death of Sisera
Judges 5:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 1:2 ; James 5:7 ; Judges 4:15 ; Song of Solomon 2:9 ; Song of Solomon 8:14
Judges 5:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Looked out — Expecting to see him returning: for she concluded, that he went forth not so much to fight, as to take the spoil.

Judges 5:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 5:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 5:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 5:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 5:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 5:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 5:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 5:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 5:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 5:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 5:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 5:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 5:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 5:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 5:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 5:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 5:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 5:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes