Judges 5:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath,
    in the days of Jael,
the highways were deserted,
    travelers took winding paths.
⁷ Village life ceased in Israel,
    it ceased until I, Deborah,
    until I rose up as mother in Israel.^[a]
8 When they chose new gods,
    war showed up at the gates.
Not a shield nor a spear was to be found
    among the forty thousand in Israel.