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Judges - ch 5 v 21 - 32
- The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cisoii: tread thou, my soul, upon the strong ones.
- The hoofs of the horses were broken whilst the stoutest of the enemies fled amain, and fell headlong down.
- Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men.
- Blessed among women be Jahel the wife of Haber the Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent.
- He asked her water and she gave him milk, and offered him butter in a dish fit for princes.
- She put her left hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer, and she struck Sisara, seeking in his head a place for the wound, and strongly piercing through his temples.
- At her feet he fell: he fainted, and he died: he rolled before her feet, and he lay lifeless and wretched.
- His mother looked out at a window, and howled: and she spoke from the dining room: Why is his chariot so long in coming back? Why are the feet of his horses so slow?
- One that was wiser than the rest of his wives, returned this answer to her mother in law:
- Perhaps he is now dividing the spoils, and the fairest of the women is chosen out for him: garments of divers colours are given to Sisara for his prey, and furniture of different kinds is heaped together to adorn the necks.
- So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising.
- And the land rested for forty years.
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