Judges 5:6

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""In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways."

— Judges 5:6, World English Bible

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Judges 5 — Context

3

"Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, [even] I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

4

"Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.

5

The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh, even Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

6

"In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.

7

The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.

8

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

9

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh!