1 Once Ehud was dead, the Israelites again began doing what is evil in Yahweh's eyes,
2 and Yahweh handed them over to Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned at Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Haroshet-ha-Goiim.
3 The Israelites then cried to Yahweh; for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
4 Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at the time.
5 She used to sit under Deborah's Palm between Ramah and Bethel in the highlands of Ephraim, and the Israelites would come to her for justice.
6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, 'Has not Yahweh, God of Israel, commanded, "Go! March to Mount Tabor and with you take ten thousand of the sons of Naphtali and the sons of Zebulun.
7 I shall entice Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to encounter you at the Torrent of Kishon with his chariots and troops; and I shall put him into your power"? '
8 Barak replied, 'If you come with me, I shall go; if you will not come, I shall not go, for I do not know how to choose the day when the angel of Yahweh will grant me success.'
9 'I shall go with you then,' she said, 'but, the way you are going about it, the glory will not be yours; for Yahweh will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.' Deborah then stood up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men marched behind him, and Deborah went with him.
11 Heber the Kenite had parted company with the tribe of Kain and with the sons of Hobab, father-in-law of Moses; he had pitched his tent near the Oak of Zaanannim, not far from Kedesh.
12 Sisera was informed that Barak son of Abinoam had encamped on Mount Tabor.
13 Sisera summoned all his chariots -- nine hundred iron chariots -- and all the troops he had, from Harosheth-ha-Goiim to the Torrent of Kishon.
14 Deborah said to Barak, 'Up! For today is the day when Yahweh has put Sisera into your power. Is not Yahweh marching at your head?' And Barak charged down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men behind him.
15 At Barak's advance, Yahweh struck terror into Sisera, all his chariots and his entire army. Sisera leapt down from his chariot and fled on foot.
16 Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth-ha-Goiim. Sisera's whole army fell by the edge of the sword; not one man was spared.
17 Sisera meanwhile fled on foot towards the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. For there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18 Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, 'Stay here, my lord, with me; do not be afraid!' He stayed with her in her tent, and she covered him with a rug.
19 He said to her, 'Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.' She opened the skin of milk, gave him some to drink and covered him up again.
20 Then he said to her, 'Stand at the tent door, and if anyone comes and questions you -- if he asks, "Is there a man here?" say, "No." '
21 But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent-peg and picked up a mallet; she crept up softly to him and drove the peg into his temple right through to the ground. He was lying fast asleep, worn out; and so he died.
22 And now Barak came up in pursuit of Sisera. Jael went out to meet him and said, 'Come in, and I will show you the man you are looking for.' He went into her tent; and there was Sisera dead, with the tent-peg through his temple.
23 Thus God that day humbled Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
24 And the Israelites bore down more and more heavily on that king of Canaan, Jabin, until he was utterly destroyed.
Versículos relacionados com Judges, 4:
Judges 4 narrates the story of Deborah, a prophetess and judge in Israel, who led the Israelite army to the battle against the Canaanites, commanded by Sisera. Here are five verses related to the topics covered in Judges 4:
Judges 5:7: "The villages faded in Israel, and in Israel you raised you, O Deborah, Mother in Israel;" This verse is part of Deborah's Song and Barak after victory over the Canaanites. He highlights Deborah's unique leadership as a "mother in Israel" who rose to lead the people in a moment of need.
Joshua 11:10: "And Joshua, turning, took the city that same day, and killed his king in the sword; and destroyed it, and all who were in it; he left nothing from her to breathe; and to the king From Hormá, Joshua burned with fire. " This verse is part of an account of a previous battle in which Joshua led the Israelites against the Canaanites. Deborah's story 4 is a similar example of God helping the Israelites defeat their enemies.
Judges 5:15: "Among the barons of Issachar, and among those of Deborah, there was an influx of Barak; he ran at his feet in the voucher; This verse is part of Deborah's Song and describes as Barak, the Israeli army commander, led his troop to battle.
Numbers 20:16: "And when we cry out to the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and took us out of Egypt; and here is here in Cades, the city of your term." This verse is part of an account of the history of Israel in the desert, in which God has delivered them from slavery in Egypt. Deborah's story in Judges 4 is another story of God helping the Israelites in their struggle against oppression.
Exodus 15:20: "And Miriam, the prophetess, sister of Aaron, took the tumor in her hand, and all the women went after her with drums and dances." This verse is part of a song of victory that Moses and the people of Israel sang after God divided the Red Sea. Deborah's Song in Judges 5 is another example of a song of victory in which female leadership is highlighted.
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