In the book of Judges we learned, “Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, praise you the LORD for the avenging of Israel, … Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead”, and in chapter five and verse twenty-eight of Judges, we learn how Deborah and Barak sung,“the mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried” where we read,
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice,
Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
The verse reads, “The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, …” The writer began with the words, “the mother of Sisera” which means “the immediate female ancestor and progenitor belonging to Sisera whose name means ‘battle array’ and was the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael” “looked out at a window” or “gazed or peeped through a pierced and perforated place of a wall”, “and cried through the lattice” which means “and shrilly bawled and shouted aloud through the casement framework or latticework”. The writer shared how “Sisera’s” immediate female ancestor peered through the casement and latticework of a piercing in the wall, bawled or wept bitterly and in anguish asked the following questions.
The verse goes on to say, “Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?” The writer continued with the words, “why is his chariot” which means “for what reason and cause is his, “Sisera’s”, war or battle wagon” “so long in coming” or “disappointing, disconcerting and delayed in arriving”? “Why tarry” which means “for what reason or cause is there a deference, hesitation and hindrance to” “the wheels of his chariots” or “the beat, stroke and occurrence belonging to his, Sisera’s, war and battle wagons”? The writer shared how “Sisera’s mother” desired to know the reasons that her son’s war wagon was delayed and for what cause the beat of his war wagons were hesitating their arrival.
When we think through the words in this verse, we learn how “Deborah and Barak” involved the “mother” of “Sisera” in their song. We can imagine how disappointed and concerned she was when her son “Sisera” did not come home. This was the result of him being in opposition to the people of Israel, and rather than be victorious over his hated foe, Jehovah God was victorious over Him. God wants us to be in a personal relationship with Him through His Son Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind and was raised from the dead after three days. When we surrender to Him as our “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and equip us with His Holy Spirit who will enable to to align with Him and His ways over over our hating foes who rise up against us. (See John 3:16; 16:13; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:37)
Next time we learn how Deborah and Barak sing, “her wise ladies answered her”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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