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Judges 5:12-23

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12“Awake, awake, Deborah;

Awake, awake, sing a song!

Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, son of Abinoam.

13“Then survivors came down to the nobles;

The people of the Lord came down to me as warriors.

14“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,

Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples;

From Machir commanders came down,

And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of office.

15“And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;

As was Issachar, so was Barak;

Into the valley they rushed at his heels;

Among the divisions of Reuben

There were great determinations of heart.

16“Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,

To hear the piping for the flocks?

Among the divisions of Reuben

There were great searchings of heart.

17“Gilead remained across the Jordan;

And why did Dan stay on ships?

Asher sat at the seashore,

And remained by its landings.

18“Zebulun was a people who risked their lives,

And Naphtali too, on the high places of the field.

19“The kings came and fought;

Then the kings of Canaan fought

At Taanach near the waters of Megiddo;

They took no plunder in silver.

20“The stars fought from heaven,

From their paths they fought against Sisera.

21“The torrent of Kishon swept them away,

The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.

My soul, march on with strength!

22“Then the horses’ hoofs beat

From the galloping, the galloping of his mighty stallions.

23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord,

‘Utterly curse its inhabitants,

Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,

To the help of the Lord against the warriors.’