Judges 5:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
    in the days of Jael,
caravans no longer went through the land,
    and travelers used the back roads.
⁷ The towns of Israel stood abandoned, Deborah;
    they stood empty until you came,^[a]
    came like a mother for Israel.
⁸ Then there was war in the land
    when the Israelites chose new gods.
Of the forty thousand men in Israel,
    did anyone carry shield or spear?