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Judges 5:9 KJV
Judges · chapter 5 · verse 9
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.Judges 5:9 · King James Version
Judges 5:9 in context
7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
11They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- governorschâqaqproperly, to hackH2710 →
- willinglynâdabto impelH5068 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- Blessbârakto kneelH1288 →
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Here, I. Deborah describes the distressed state of Israel under the tyranny of Jabin, that the greatness of their trouble might make their salvation appear the more illustrious and the more gracious (Jdg 5:6): From the days of Shamgar, who did something towards the deliverance of Israel from the Philistines, to the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11