Judges 5:6-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁶ In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the main roads were deserted,
and travelers kept to pathways and winding roads.

⁷ Life in the unwalled towns came to a halt.
In Israel, life came to a halt until I, Deborah, arose,
until I arose as a mother in Israel.

⁸ When Israel chose new gods,^[a] there was war at the gates.
Neither shield nor spear was seen among the forty thousand in Israel.