Judges 5:8

"The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel."

Key Reflection

In Judges 5:8, verses 2–3, Deborah laments that leadership and justice had waned in Israel before her time. She emphasizes that it was during her tenure as both a judge and a mother figure that true governance and guidance reemerged, highlighting her significant role in restoring order and righteousness to the nation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The “war in the gates” describes the hostile attacks of the Canaanites, which were the punishment of the idolatry of the Israelites (compare the marginal references), and the reduction of Israel to an unarmed and unresisting state under the Philistine dominion. SeeJudges 3:31note.

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