Judges 5:23 Explained in Context

Verse 12. ¹² Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

Verse 13. ¹³ Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

Verse 14. ¹⁴ Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

Verse 15. ¹⁵ And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

Verse 16. ¹⁶ Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

Verse 17. ¹⁷ Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

Verse 18. ¹⁸ Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

Verse 19. ¹⁹ The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

Verse 20. ²⁰ They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

Verse 21. ²¹ The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

Verse 22. ²² Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

Verse 23. ²³ 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.