13. The survivors came down to the nobles; the Lord’s people came down to me with the warriors.
14. Those with their roots in Amalek came from Ephraim;Benjamin came with your people after you.The leaders came down from Machir, and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.
15. The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;Issachar was with Barak.They set out at his heels in the valley.There was great searching of heartamong the clans of Reuben.
16. Why did you sit among the sheepfoldslistening to the playing of pipes for the flocks?There was great searching of heartamong the clans of Reuben.
17. Gilead remained beyond the Jordan.Dan, why did you linger at the ships?Asher remained at the seashoreand stayed in his harbors.
18. Zebulun was a people risking their lives,Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
19. Kings came and fought.Then the kings of Canaan foughtat Taanach by the waters of Megiddo,but they took no spoil of silver.
20. The stars fought from the heavens;the stars fought with Sisera from their courses.
21. The river Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the river Kishon.March on, my soul, in strength!
22. The horses’ hooves then hammered —the galloping, galloping of his stallions.
23. “Curse Meroz,” says the Angel of the Lord,“Bitterly curse her inhabitants,for they did not come to help the Lord,to help the Lord against the mighty warriors.”
24. Jael is most blessed of women,the wife of Heber the Kenite;she is most blessed among tent-dwelling women.