“‘May all your enemies perish like this, Adonai; but may those who love him be like the sun going forth in its glory!’ Then the land had rest for forty years.” -Judges 5:31 Finally, finally, today we finish up the Song of Devorah and with that Judges Chapter 5! Boy that was a slog! Yet there […]

“Sisra’s mother looks out the window; peering out through the lattice she wonders, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why are his horses so slow to return?’ The wisest of her ladies answer her, and she repeats it to herself, ‘Of course! They’re collecting and dividing the spoil — a girl, two girls […]

“Ya‘el will be blessed more than all women. The wife of Hever the Keini will be blessed more than any woman in the tent. He asked for water, and she gave him milk; In an elegant bowl she brought him curds. Then she took a tent peg in her left hand and a workman’s hammer […]

“Ya‘el will be blessed more than all women. The wife of Hever the Keini will be blessed more than any woman in the tent.” -Judges 5:24 In verse 24, the focus shifts away from the tribes of Israel towards the brave wife of Hever the Kenite. And boy oh boy the words Devorah has for […]

“‘Curse Meroz!’ said the angel of Adonai, ‘Curse the people living there with a bitter punishment for not coming to help Adonai, to help Adonai against the mighty warriors.’” -Judges 5:23 It’s no secret there’s a huge theological divide between how Judaism and Christianity views certain events and phenomenon in Scripture. And the so-called MALACH […]