They chose new gods: then was war in the gates. Was there a [a]shield or spear seen among forty thousand of Israel?

Mine heart is set on the governors of Israel, and on them that are willing among the people: praise ye the Lord.

10 Speak ye that ride on [b]white asses, ye that dwell [c]by Middin, and that walk by the way.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:8 They had no heart to resist their enemies.
  2. Judges 5:10 Ye governors.
  3. Judges 5:10 As in danger of your enemies.

God chose new leaders(A)
    when war came to the city gates,(B)
but not a shield or spear(C) was seen
    among forty thousand in Israel.
My heart is with Israel’s princes,
    with the willing volunteers(D) among the people.
    Praise the Lord!

10 “You who ride on white donkeys,(E)
    sitting on your saddle blankets,
    and you who walk along the road,
consider

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