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12 “Wake up, wake up, Deborah!
    Wake up, wake up, sing the song!
Get up, Barak!
    Go capture your enemies, son of Abinoam!

13 “Now, survivors, go to the leaders.
    People of the Lord, come with me and the soldiers.

14 “The men of Ephraim came from the hill country of Amalek.[a]
    Benjamin, those men followed you and your people.
And there were commanders from the family of Makir.[b]
    Leaders from the tribe of Zebulun came with their bronze clubs.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:14 hill country of Amalek The area settled by the tribe of Ephraim. See Judges 12:15.
  2. Judges 5:14 Makir This family was part of the tribe of Manasseh that settled in the area east of the Jordan River.

12 ‘Wake up,(A) wake up, Deborah!(B)
    Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!(C)
    Take captive your captives,(D) son of Abinoam.’

13 “The remnant of the nobles came down;
    the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.
14 Some came from Ephraim,(E) whose roots were in Amalek;(F)
    Benjamin(G) was with the people who followed you.
From Makir(H) captains came down,
    from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[a] staff.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.