In the days of Shamgar(A) son of Anath,
in the days of Jael,(B)
the main roads were deserted
because travelers kept to the side roads.
Villages were deserted,[a]
they were deserted in Israel,
until I,[b] Deborah, arose,
a mother in Israel.
Israel chose new gods,
then there was war in the city gates.
Not a shield or spear was seen
among forty thousand in Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:7 Hb obscure
  2. 5:7 Or you

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