Judges 5:28

Mother of Sisera. It has been fittingly remarked that this passage of dramatic irony, describing the worry and fear of Sisera’s mother, could, most likely, have been written only by a woman. Over against the delight in the deed of one woman is presented the misery of another, trying vainly to stifle the presentiment of disaster. While Sisera lies in ignominious death, in his distant capital his mother anxiously wonders what keeps him so long. Filled with worry, she stands looking out of the window down the road for the distant cloud of dust announcing the return of the commander’s party. She peers and listens, but the rolling of the victorious chariots is not heard, and this strikes fear to her heart.