“ Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answerj to herself, ”
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, (t) she returned answer to herself, (t) That is, she comforted herself.
The Mother of Sisera. There is irony almost matchless irony in the closing lines of the poem, but it is not cruel mocking irony. The words were neither written, nor meant to be recited or sung, in...
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
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...
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...
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...
Her wise ladies. — Literally, the wise of her princesses. There is unconcealed scorn in this, showing that the wisest were most utterly mistaken. Their “wisdom” is the seductive flattery of delus...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Her wise ladies answered her ,.... Every one in their turn endeavouring to comfort her and make her easy. The Vulgate Latin version is, "one that was wiser than the rest of his wives;'' but they s...
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, Ver. 29. Her wise ladies. ] The wicked's hopes fail them when at highest, and prove to be "as the giving up of the ghost." Job...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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 5:4 . 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...
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...
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...
The Defeat and Death of Sisera
Judges 5:29