Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Curse ye Meroz - a village on the confines of Issachar and Naphtali, which lay in the course of the fugitives; but the inhabitants declined to aid in their destruction. The ground of this anathema was, that the whole body of Israelites, holding the tenure of their lands on condition of military service, were bound when called upon to appear on the field as the national militia in defense or furtherance of the public interests.