Judges 5:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷“There were no soldiers in Israel
until you came, Deborah,
until you came to be a mother to Israel.^[a]

⁸“God chose new leaders
to fight at the city gates.^[b]
No one could find a shield or a spear
among the 40,000 soldiers of Israel.

⁹“My heart is with the commanders of Israel.
They volunteered to go to war.
Praise the Lord!

Judges 5:7 until you … to Israel Or “until I came, Deborah, until I came, mother of Israel.” Or “until I established you, Deborah, until I established you, mother of Israel.”
Judges 5:8 God chose … gates Or “They chose to follow new gods. So they had to fight at their city gates.” The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.