Judges 5:14-26 – From Ephraim their root they marched down into the valley, following
you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen; from Machir marched down the commanders, and
from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant's staff; the princes of Issachar came with
Deborah, and Issachar faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed at his
heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. Why did
you sit still among the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling for the
flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. Gilead
stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he stay with the ships? Asher
sat still at the coast of the sea, staying by his landings. Zebulun
is a people who risked their lives to the death; Naphtali, too, on the
heights of the field. “The kings came, they fought; then fought the
kings of Canaan, at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they got no spoils of silver. From
heaven the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. The
torrent Kishon swept them away, the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
March on, my soul, with might! “Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with
the galloping, galloping of his steeds. “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord, curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
because they did not come to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. “Most blessed of women
be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite,
of tent-dwelling women most blessed. He asked for water and she gave him milk;
she brought him curds in a noble's bowl. She sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen's mallet; she struck Sisera; she crushed his
head; she shattered and pierced his temple.
Application:
- · Because of its strategic location, the plain of Megiddo has been a frequent battleground from the earliest times.
- · Because of Meroz’s refusal to help the army of the Lord, this Israelite town in Naphtali was cursed. Other cities were also punished severely for refusing to participate in the wars of the Lord.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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