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Judges 5:27-31 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

27. He sank to his knees,fell down and lay still at her feet.At her feet he sank to his knees and fell;he fell to the ground, dead.

28. Sisera's mother looked out of the window;she gazed from behind the lattice.“Why is his chariot so late in coming?” she asked.“Why are his horses so slow to return?”

29. Her wisest ladies answered her,and she told herself over and over,

30. “They are only finding things to capture and divide,a woman or two for every soldier,rich cloth for Sisera,embroidered pieces for the neck of the queen.”

31. May all your enemies die like that, O Lord,but may your friends shine like the rising sun!And there was peace in the land for forty years.

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