Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, You who walk by the way.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

You that ride on white donkeys ...—that is, nobles or magistrates. Deborah appeals to the classes mentioned in ([Reference Judges 5…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Speak. — Rather, Think of it, or, perhaps, “Meditate the song.” It is placed in the original in a far more forci…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Speak, you that ride on white a es
Though in some countries, as in ours, it is reckoned disgraceful to ride on a es; so Leo Af…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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

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