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28 “Sisera’s mother looked out through the window.
    From behind the wooden screen she cried out.
‘Why is his chariot taking so long to get here?’ she said.
    ‘Why can’t I hear the noise of his chariots yet?’
29 Her wisest ladies answer her.
    And here’s what she keeps saying to herself.
30 She says, ‘They must be finding riches to bring back.
    They must be dividing them up.
Each man is getting a woman or two.
    They are giving colorful clothes to Sisera.
    The clothes are very beautiful.
He will bring some for me to wear.
    The men must be finding many things to bring home.’

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28 “Through the window(A) peered Sisera’s mother;
    behind the lattice she cried out,(B)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’
29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
    indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:(C)
    a woman or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
    colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments(D) for my neck—
    all this as plunder?(E)

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