15. The princes of Issachar were with Deborah.As was Issachar, so was Barak.They rushed into the valley at his feet.By the watercourses of Reuben,there were great resolves of heart.
16. Why did you sit amongst the sheepfolds?To hear the whistling for the flocks?At the watercourses of Reuben,there were great searchings of heart.
17. Gilead lived beyond the Jordan.Why did Dan remain in ships?Asher sat still at the haven of the sea,and lived by his creeks.
18. Zebulun was a people that jeopardised their lives to the death;Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
19. “The kings came and fought,then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo.They took no plunder of silver.
20. From the sky the stars fought.From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
21. The river Kishon swept them away,that ancient river, the river Kishon.My soul, march on with strength.
22. Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing,the prancing of their strong ones.
23. ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the Lord’s angel.‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants,because they didn’t come to help the Lord,to help the Lord against the mighty.’
24. “Jael shall be blessed above women,the wife of Heber the Kenite;blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25. He asked for water.She gave him milk.She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
26. She put her hand to the tent peg,and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer.With the hammer she struck Sisera.She struck through his head.Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
27. At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay.At her feet he bowed, he fell.Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28. “Through the window she looked out, and cried:Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice.‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
29. Her wise ladies answered her,Yes, she returned answer to herself,