“In the days of (A)Shamgar, son of Anath,
    in the days of (B)Jael, (C)the highways were abandoned,
    and travelers kept to the byways.
The villagers ceased in Israel;
    they ceased to be until I arose;
    I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
(D)When new gods were chosen,
    then war was in the gates.
(E)Was shield or spear to be seen
    among forty thousand in Israel?

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