“You who ride white donkeys, sitting on soft saddle-blankets, and you walking on the road, talk about it!” -Judges 5:10 We continue on with our verse-by-verse journey through the Song of Devorah. Next up is verse 10 which calls out three different classes of people. Those who ride on white donkeys. Those who sit on […]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Right now, in our day and age, more than ever, we are reliving the era of the Judges. Israel fell into the mess they’re in for 2 main reasons and the Song of Devorah really drives these points home big time. First, the leaders of Israel […]

“They chose new gods when war was at the gates. Was there a shield or spear to be seen among Israel’s forty thousand men?” -Judges 5:8 Verse 8 of Judges Chapter 5 goes into the big sin Israel committed that caused their oppression in the first place. We’re told “they chose new gods when war […]

“The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until you arose, D’vorah, arose a mother in Israel.” -Judges 5:7 A common Middle Eastern colloquialism we’ll encounter often in the Scriptures is “the fathers of Israel“. In contrast to that phrase, verse 7 of Judges Chapter 5 tells us there “arose a mother in Israel”. The reason […]

“In the days of Shamgar the son of ‘Anat, in the days of Ya‘el, the main roads were deserted; travelers walked the byways.” -Judges 5:6 Verse 6 draws a comparison between the holiness and power of the Lord displayed at Mount Sinai versus the darkness and disobedience Israel had fallen into before Devorah’s ministry. Notice […]