Judges 5:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

²³Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

Judges 5:23 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Judges 5:22 Judges 5:24 →

Original word meaning

— of 14

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 21:9-10
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. …
1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Nehemiah 3:5
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

Topics

Citizens Country Jerusalem Loyalty Meroz Patriotism Sisera Subjects

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 sense…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

23. Curse ye Meroz--a village on the confines of Issachar and Naphtali, which lay in the course of the fugitives, but the inhabitants declined to aid in their destruction.