World English Bible
Judges 5:2
“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!”
Verse in context — Judges 5
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Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
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Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, Yahweh!
3
Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, [even] I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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