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Judges 5:1 open_in_new
Then sang. No singing till after victory. Compare Exodus 15:1. Only weeping before. Compare Judges 2:4 with Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24. See note on Exodus 15:1 for the ten songs.
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Judges 5:2 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Judges 5:3 open_in_new
I, even I. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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Judges 5:4 open_in_new
when. Compare Exodus 19:18.
dropped. dripped.
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Judges 5:5 open_in_new
The mountains melted. from the mountains flowed down streams.
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Judges 5:6 open_in_new
Shamgar. Compare Judges 3:31.
the highways, &c.. the highways were closed.
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Judges 5:7 open_in_new
The inhabitants. Why not supply the Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6) by the words "the women", considering the objects of Jabin's oppression? see notes on Judges 4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:11; Judges 5:24; Judges 5:30.
ceased. ceased [to be]. Same word as "unoccupied" in Judges 5:6.
I arose. Figure of speech Epizeuxis.
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Judges 5:8 open_in_new
new gods. Compare Deuteronomy 32:16.
Was there... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
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Judges 5:9 open_in_new
is toward. Supply "saith to", instead of "is". The next clause gives the words spoken.
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Judges 5:11 open_in_new
the places of drawing water: i.e. where the women were to be found. See notes on Judges 4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:30. Compare Genesis 24:11.Exodus 2:15-19.
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Judges 5:12 open_in_new
Awake, awake. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
lead thy captivity captive. lead thy captives captive; "captivity" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject) for the persons made captive. lead captive thy captive train.
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Judges 5:13 open_in_new
Some codices and Septuagint divide the two lines thus: Then came down. remnant of the nobles, And the People of Jehovah [came down] with me against the mighty ones.
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Judges 5:14 open_in_new
was there. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis thus: "came down", from Judges 5:13 and Judges 5:15.
a root, &c.. whose root was in Amalek. Compare Judges 12:15. Or, according to Septuagint, "they who rooted them out in Amalek. "
handle. draw, in the sense of numbering, enrolling, or mustering, as in Judges 4:6.
pen. rod (used in numbering). Leviticus 27:32.Ezekiel 20:37. Nowhere else rendered pen.
writer. numberer. Hebrew. saphar, translated scribe. Compare 2 Kings 25:19; 2 Chronicles 26:11.
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Judges 5:15 open_in_new
And. But.
Even. Yea.
He was sent, &c.. into the valley they rushed at his feet.
For. among.
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Judges 5:16 open_in_new
Why... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
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Judges 5:17 open_in_new
breaches. creeks or bays.
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Judges 5:18 open_in_new
lives. souls. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-18.
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Judges 5:19 open_in_new
gain. plunder.
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Judges 5:20 open_in_new
fought. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6. Compare Joshua 10:11.
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Judges 5:21 open_in_new
rive. = torrent.
Kishon. Rising in Mount Tabor and running into the Mediterranean near Mount Carmel.
swept. Swollen by the heavy rains (Judges 5:4).
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Judges 5:22 open_in_new
the pransings. Figure of speech Epizeuxis.
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Judges 5:24 open_in_new
Blessed above women. Compare Luke 1:28 "among". See notes on Judges 4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:11; Judges 5:30.
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Judges 5:25 open_in_new
butter. See note on Judges 4:19.
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Judges 5:27 open_in_new
At her feet. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton. App-6.
he bowed, he fell. Figure of speech Epibole.
dead. destroyed.
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Judges 5:28 open_in_new
The mother.. woman active on each side, with other women involved (Judges 5:30).
a. the.
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Judges 5:30 open_in_new
Have... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
sped. found; i.e. the damsels they were fighting for: and while doing so they were defeated by. woman.
To every man. to every head of. man; "head" put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), for the whole person.
man. Hebrew. geber (App-14. IV). a strong man.
damsel. Hebrew womb. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part) for the whole person, to emphasize the motive underneath. This was the one object of Jabin's oppression. See notes on Judges 4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:11; Judges 5:24.
spoil. Figure of speech Aposiopesis. App-6.
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Judges 5:31 open_in_new
So. Figure of speech Epiphonema.
had rest. See note on Judges 3:11.