Judges 5:29
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 nei...
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 p...
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 cha...
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...
Her wise ladies. — Literally, the wise of her princesses. There is unconcealed scorn in this, showing that the wisest were most utterly mistaken....
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 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 su...
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 w...
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...
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 th...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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...
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-despairi...
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
Her wise ladies answered her, with the wisdom of pride that cannot conceive of a defeat for Sisera; yea, she returned answer to herself,
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answerj to herself,