13. Then down marched the remnant of the noble;the people of the Lord marched down for me against the mighty.
14. 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;
15. the princes of Issachar came with Deborah,and Issachar faithful to Barak;into the valley they rushed at his heels.Among the clans of Reubenthere were great searchings of heart.
16. Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds,to hear the whistling for the flocks?Among the clans of Reubenthere were great searchings of heart.
17. 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.
18. Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the field.
19. “The kings came, they fought;then fought the kings of Canaan,at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they got no spoils of silver.
20. From heaven the stars fought,from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21. The torrent Kishon swept them away,the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.March on, my soul, with might!
22. “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofswith the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23. “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.