12Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
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Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-23)Here, I. Deborah stirs up herself and Barak to celebrate this victory in the most solemn manner, to the glory of God and the honour of Israel, for the encouragement of their friends and the greater confusion of their enemies, Jdg. 5:12. 1. Deborah, as a prophetess, must do it by a song, to compose and sing which she excites herself: Awake, awake , and again, awake, awake , which intimates the sens…
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