21. The Kishon River, that ancient river, swept Sisera’s men away. My soul, march on with strength!
22. The horses’ hooves hammered the ground. Sisera’s mighty horses ran and ran.
23. “The angel of the Lord said, ‘Curse the city of Meroz. Curse its people! They did not come to help the Lord fight.’ They did not help the Lord against his powerful enemies.
24. Jael was the wife of Heber the Kenite. She will be blessed above all women.
25. Sisera asked for water. Jael gave him milk. In a bowl fit for a ruler, she brought him cream.
26. Then Jael reached out and took a tent peg. Her right hand reached for a workman’s hammer. She put the peg against the side of Sisera’s head and hit it with the hammer.
27. He sank down between Jael’s feet. He fell, and there he lay. He sank down between her feet. He fell there. Where Sisera sank, he fell, and there he lay, dead!