23. Curse Meroz, said the angel of the Lord,curse its inhabitants,for they did not come to the aid of the Lord,to the aid of the Lord against the mighty warriors.
24. “Most blessed of women is Jael,the wife of Heber the Kenite,most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25. He asked for water, she gave him milk.In a magnificent bowl she brought cream.
26. Her hand on a tent peg,her right hand on a workman’s hammer;she struck Sisera, she crushed his skull,she shattered and pierced his temple.
27. Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay;between her feet he sank, he fell;where he sank, there he fell, overpowered.
28. “The mother of Sisera looked through the window,and cried out through the lattice,‘Why is his chariot so late?Why is the sound of his war chariots so delayed?’
29. Her wise attendants answered her,indeed, she replied to herself,
30. ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:a girl or two for each man;dyed garments as plunder for Sisera,dyed and embroidered garments,two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’