30Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
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The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-31)Deborah here concludes this triumphant song, I. With the praises of Jael, her sister-heroine, whose valiant act had completed and crowned the victory. She had mentioned her before (Jdg. 5:6) as one that would have served her country if it had been in her power; now she applauds her as one that did serve it admirably well when it was in her power. Her poetry is finest and most florid here in the la…
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