James 2:13; Matthew 7:2; Psalms 52:7
The Blessing of Jael. Jael's deed is unhesitatingly and emphatically approved. While the oppressor of Israel stood in her tent, drinking the milk s...
At her feet. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton. App-6. he bowed, he fell. Figure of speech Epibole. dead . destroyed.
DISCOURSE: 264 JAEL AND SISERA Judges 5:24-27 . Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women...
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. At her feet he bowed - בין רגליה...
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she...
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 p...
The repetition is highly effective. 28-30. Ironical representation of the expectation at Sisera's home.
At her feet. — Literally, between her feet, as though the dauntless woman had stridden over him as he lay in the dead sleep of weariness. He bo...
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 ch...
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 strengt...
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 rem...
What a very high commendation hath the Holy Ghost been pleased to bestow on Jael? There is but one beside of whom the same is said, and the occasion...
Ver. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down ,.... Perhaps at her first approach to him, and attempt to drive the nail, or at the blow she gav...
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Ver. 27. At her feet he bowed,...
At her feet he bowed , &c. This verse is considered by many as a description of the struggles of Sisera after he was wounded; but perhaps it may...
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...
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 s...
Here is a lively representation of the thing done. At the first blow or wound he was awakened, and made some attempt to rise; but being astonished an...
The Cursed and the Blessed ( Judges 5:23-27 ). Judges 5:23 “Curse you Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh, Curse you bitterly (literally ‘curse...
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...
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 pra...
Blessed above women shall Jael . .. be. The blessing of Jael And whose lips are they which pronounce this blessing? Indeed, it is Deborah th...
EXPOSITION Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah , etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung...
The Defeat and Death of Sisera
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down; at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down dead. So the smitten chieftain drew him...
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.