the wife of Heber the Kenite,
most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25He asked for water, and she gave him milk.
In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
26She reached for the tent peg,
her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera and crushed his skull;
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27At her feet he collapsed, he fell,
there he lay still;
at her feet he collapsed, he fell;
where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
“What Jael did would be condemned by many in the days of the Judges. The responsibility to protect and bless a guest was an almost absolute command, and Jael killed a guest. Yet she was blessedhere because her obedience to the cause of God was greater than her obedience to tradition and custom.”
“Deborah wanted to increase Sisera’s shame by pointing out that it was a woman who ended his life.” (Guzik)
“Finally the song rejoiced over the death of the tyrant in language that thrills with Eastern imagery and color.” (Morgan)
“Here is a lively representation of the thing done. At the first blow or wound he was awakened, and made some attempt to rise; but being astonished and very weak, she also following her first blow with others, he found himself impotent, and fell down dead.” (Poole)
“obedience to the cause of God”
When it comes right down to it Christians have an obedience to the cause of Jesus, the Son of God.
Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Are you obeying Jesus or man?
Blessings
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