And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
The Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. This was a prediction which Barak could not understand at the time; but the strain of it conveyed a rebuke for his unmanly fears.
Deborah arose, and went with Barak. She became de facto the commander-in-chief (see her speech, Josephus, 'Antiquities,' b. 5:, ch. 5:, sec. 3).