19. Kings came and made war;the kings of Canaan foughtat Taanach by Megiddo’s waters,but they captured no spoils of silver.
20. The stars fought from the sky;from their orbits they fought against Sisera.
21. The Kishon River swept them away;the advancing river, the Kishon River.March on, my life, with might!
22. Then the horses’ hooves poundedwith the galloping, galloping of their stallions.
23. "Curse Meroz," says the Lord’s messenger,"curse its inhabitants bitterly,because they didn’t come to the Lord’s aid,to the Lord’s aid against the warriors."
24. May Jael be blessed above all women;may the wife of Heber the Kenitebe blessed above all tent-dwelling women.
25. He asked for water, and she provided milk;she presented him cream in a majestic bowl.
26. She reached out her hand for the stake,her strong hand for the worker’s hammer.She struck Sisera;she crushed his head;she shattered and pierced his skull.
27. At her feet he sank, fell, and lay flat;at her feet he sank, he fell;where he sank, there he fell—dead.
28. Through the window she watched,Sisera’s mother looked longingly through the lattice."Why is his chariot taking so long to come?Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot horses delayed?"
29. Her wisest attendants answer;indeed, she replies to herself:
30. "Wouldn’t they be finding and dividing the loot?A girl or two for each warrior;loot of colored cloths for Sisera;loot of colored, embroidered cloths;two colored, embroidered clothsas loot for every neck."