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Judges 5:7

King James Version (KJV)

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[The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

Judges 5:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 5:7

Theological / Devotional

Villages ceased. Perhaps a better rendering would be, “the villages disappeared.” The words “the inhabitants of” are not in the original as is shown by the italics in the KJV. The idea is that people who lived in unwalled hamlets deserted them to dwell in walled towns where they could be protected from indiscriminate plundering, whether by Canaanites or by robbers who multiply in periods of anarchy like this.

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