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23 ‘Call judgment down on[a] Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord;
‘Be sure[b] to call judgment down on[c] those who live there,
because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle,[d]
to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:23 tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”
  2. Judges 5:23 tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.
  3. Judges 5:23 tn Heb “[to] curse.”
  4. Judges 5:23 tn Heb “to the help of the Lord” (the same Hebrew phrase occurs in the following line). Another option is to read “to aid the Lord’s cause.”
  5. Judges 5:23 tn Or “along with the other warriors.”