Judges 5:20–30

²⁰There was war made against them from heaven: the stars, remaining in their order and courses, fought against Sisara.

²¹The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cison: tread thou, my soul, upon the strong ones.

²²The hoofs of the horses were broken whilst the stoutest of the enemies fled amain, and fell headlong down.

²³Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men.

²⁴Blessed among women be Jahel, the wife of Haber the Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent.

²⁵He asked her water, and she gave him milk, and offered him butter in a dish fit for princes.

²⁶She put her left hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman’s hammer, and she struck Sisara, seeking in his head a place for the wound, and strongly piercing through his temples.

²⁷Between her feet he fell: he fainted, and he died: he rolled before her feet, and there he lay lifeless and wretched.

²⁸His mother looked out at a window, and howled: and she spoke from the dining room: Why is his chariot so long in coming back? Why are the feet of his horses so slow?

²⁹One that was wiser than the rest of his wives, returned this answer to her mother in law:

³⁰Perhaps he is now dividing the spoils, and the fairest of the women is chosen out for him: garments of divers colours are given to Sisara for his prey, and furniture of different kinds is heaped together to adorn necks.