it suggests that there are consequences for disobedience, which always has negative results. But the pattern also affirms that God hears the cries of those who have disobeyed. In short, God ultimately pursues justice by grace. So, each new deliverance throughout the book of Judges is, in effect, a new exodus. In this case, it is not surprising to read that Sisera “had oppressed” the Israelites (4:3). Oppression is precisely what the Israelites had experienced in Egypt, where they cried to God for