Render the word “villages” (here and in Judges 5:11) as judgment, rule, or judges, rulers. The sense is, “The princes (or magistrates) ceased in Is…

The inhabitants of the villages ceased. —The one Hebrew word for “the inhabitants of the villages” is perâzôn. T…

The inhabitants of the villages ceased
Not only did those Canaanitish robbers go upon the highway, and robbed all th…

Deborah describes the distressed state of Israel under the tyranny of Jabin, so that their salvation might appear more gracious. She shows what bro…