Judges 5:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ “The main roads were deserted. So travelers used the winding paths.
    That happened in the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath.
    It happened in the days of Jael.
⁷ Those who lived in the villages of Israel would not fight.
    They held back until I, Deborah, came.
    I came as a mother in Israel.
⁸     War came to the city gates. Then God chose new leaders.
But no shields or spears were seen anywhere.
    There weren’t any among 40,000 men in Israel.