Judges 5:7 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 5:7

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

BSB

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ASV

The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

KJV

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Render the word “villages” (here and in Jdg 5:11) judgment, rule, or judges, rulers. The sense is “The princes (or magistrates) ceased in Israel,” i. e. there was no one to do justice in the gate, or defend men from their oppressors.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Ceased - The people forsook all their unfortified towns, not being able to protect them from military insolence. A mother - That is, to be to them as a mother, to instruct, and rule, and protect them, which duties a mother owes to her children.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חָדְל֧וּ	cha.de.Lu	they ceased	H2308 →
פְרָז֛וֹן	fe.ra.Zon	rural people	H6520 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	be.Yis.ra.'El	in Israel	H3478 →
חָדֵ֑לּוּ	cha.De.lu	they ceased	H2308 →
עַ֤ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
שַׁקַּ֙מְתִּי֙	sha.Kam.ti	that I arose	H6965 →
דְּבוֹרָ֔ה	de.vo.Rah	Deborah	H1683 →
שַׁקַּ֥מְתִּי	sha.Kam.ti	that I arose	H6965 →
אֵ֖ם	'em	a mother	H517 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	be.Yis.ra.'El	in Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
leads to
- Isaiah 60:14
  The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…
- Isaiah 60:16
  You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 60:3
  Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Micah 7:17
  They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of…
- Isaiah 45:14
  This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
Through
Esther 9:19
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts…
leads to
- Esther 8:17
  In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves…
Through
2 Samuel 20:19
I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 26:19
  Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it,…
Through
Romans 16:13
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 5:2
  older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

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Where the connections lead

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About Judges