Judges 5:6–8

6 In the days of Shamgare son of Anath,

in the days of Jael,f

the main roads were deserted

because travelers kept to the side roads.

7 Villages were deserted,B

they were deserted in Israel,

until I,C Deborah, arose,

a mother in Israel.

8 Israel chose new gods,

then there was war in the city gates.

Not a shield or spear was seen

among forty thousand in Israel.