23 Curse ye [a]Meroz: (said the Angel of the Lord) curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty.

24 Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite shall be blessed above other women: blessed shall she be above women dwelling in tents.

25 He asked water, and she gave him milk: she brought forth [b]butter in a lordly dish.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:23 It was a city near to Tabor, where they fought.
  2. Judges 5:25 Some read churned milk in a great cup.

23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord.
    ‘Curse its people bitterly,
because they did not come to help the Lord,
    to help the Lord against the mighty.’

24 “Most blessed of women(A) be Jael,(B)
    the wife of Heber the Kenite,(C)
    most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;(D)
    in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.

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