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The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
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The mountains quaked before the LORD
This phrase emphasizes the power and majesty of God, often depicted in the Bible as causing natural phenomena to demonstrate His presence and authority. The quaking of mountains is reminiscent of other biblical events, such as the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:18), where the mountain trembled violently. This imagery underscores God's sovereignty over creation and His ability to intervene in the natural world. It also serves as a reminder of His holiness and the reverence due to Him.

the One of Sinai
Sinai is a significant location in biblical history, primarily known as the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments. This reference to Sinai connects the current event in Judges to the foundational moment of the covenant between God and Israel. It highlights God's continued faithfulness and His role as the covenant-keeping God. The mention of Sinai also serves as a reminder of God's law and His expectations for His people.

before the LORD, the God of Israel
This phrase reaffirms the identity of the LORD as the God of Israel, emphasizing His unique relationship with the nation. It reflects the covenantal bond established at Sinai and throughout Israel's history. The repetition of "before the LORD" underscores the idea that all creation is subject to His authority and that His presence demands a response of awe and worship. This acknowledgment of God as the God of Israel also serves as a reminder of His promises and His role as the protector and deliverer of His people.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant God of Israel, who is depicted as powerful and sovereign, causing the mountains to quake.

2. Mountains
Symbolic of stability and strength, yet they tremble before the presence of the LORD, indicating His supreme power.

3. Sinai
The mountain where God gave the Law to Moses, representing God's covenant and His divine revelation to Israel.

4. Deborah and Barak
The leaders of Israel during the time of this song, celebrating God's deliverance from their enemies.

5. The God of Israel
Emphasizing the personal relationship and covenant between God and His chosen people, Israel.
Teaching Points
God's Sovereignty and Power
The quaking of the mountains signifies God's unmatched power and authority over creation. Believers are reminded of the awe and reverence due to God.

The Significance of Sinai
Sinai represents God's covenant and His law. It is a reminder of the importance of obedience and the seriousness of God's commands.

God's Faithfulness to His People
The reference to "the God of Israel" underscores God's faithfulness to His covenant people. Believers can trust in God's promises and His commitment to His people.

The Response of Creation to God
The natural world responds to God's presence, illustrating that all creation is under His command. This should inspire believers to live in harmony with God's will.

The Role of Worship and Remembrance
This verse is part of a song of praise, highlighting the importance of worship and remembering God's mighty acts in our lives.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does the imagery of mountains quaking before the LORD enhance our understanding of God's power and majesty?

2. In what ways does the event at Mount Sinai shape our understanding of God's relationship with His people?

3. How can we apply the concept of God's faithfulness to Israel in our personal walk with God today?

4. What are some practical ways we can cultivate a sense of reverence and awe for God in our daily lives?

5. How does the theme of worship and remembrance in Judges 5 inspire us to incorporate these practices into our spiritual routines?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Exodus 19
The quaking of Mount Sinai when God descended upon it to give the Law to Moses, illustrating God's holiness and power.

Psalm 68
A psalm that also speaks of God's power and presence causing the earth to tremble, reinforcing the theme of divine majesty.

Hebrews 12
The contrast between Mount Sinai and Mount Zion, highlighting the awe-inspiring nature of God's presence and the new covenant through Christ.
Sermons
Deborah: a Mother in IsraelA. Whyte, D. D.Judges 5:1-11
LeadersW. L. Watkinson.Judges 5:1-11
Leaders Who LeadJ. Stalker, D. D.Judges 5:1-11
National Mercies and National SinsD. Moore, M. A.Judges 5:1-11
Songs of DeliveranceJudges 5:1-11
The Big ID. Davies.Judges 5:1-11
The Noise of Archer's in the Places of Drawing WaterR. H. Parr, M. A.Judges 5:1-11
The Soldier's HonourT. Adams.Judges 5:1-11
People
Abinoam, Amalek, Anath, Asher, Barak, Benjamin, Dan, Deborah, Heber, Issachar, Jael, Machir, Naphtali, Reuben, Seir, Shamgar, Sisera, Zebulun
Places
Canaan, Edom, Gilead, Jordan River, Kishon River, Megiddo, Meroz, Seir, Sinai, Taanach
Topics
Face, Flowed, Hills, Melted, Mountains, Presence, Quaked, Shaking, Sinai, Yon
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Judges 5:5

     4254   mountains
     4269   Sinai, Mount
     4820   earthquake

Judges 5:1-31

     5420   music

Judges 5:4-5

     1454   theophany

Library
Recreant Reuben
Why satest then among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.'--JUDGES v. 16 (R.V.). I. The fight. The warfare is ever repeated, though in new forms. In the highest form it is Christ versus the World, And that conflict must be fought out in our own souls first. Our religion should lead not only to accept and rely on what Christ does for us, but to do and dare for Christ. He has given Himself for us, and has thereby …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

'All Things are Yours'
'They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.'--JUDGES v. 20. 'For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.'--Job v. 23. These two poetical fragments present the same truth on opposite sides. The first of them comes from Deborah's triumphant chant. The singer identifies God with the cause of Israel, and declares that heaven itself fought against those who fought against God's people. There may be …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Love Makes Suns
'Let them that love Him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.' JUDGES V. 51. These are the closing words of Deborah, the great warrior-prophetess of Israel. They are in singular contrast with the tone of fierce enthusiasm for battle which throbs through the rest of the chant, and with its stern approval of the deed of Jael when she slew Sisera. Here, in its last notes, we have an anticipation of the highest and best truths of the Gospel. 'Let them that love Him be as the sun when he goeth …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Songs of Deliverance
The results which accrued from the conquest achieved by Barak, are upon a small scale similar to those which come to us through the deliverance wrought out by the Lord Jesus Christ. I shall take our text and spiritualize it, viewing its joyous details as emblematic of the blessings granted to us through our Redeemer. Those who went to draw water at the wells after Barak's victory, were no longer disturbed by the robbers who lurked at the fountains for purposes of plunder; and instead of drawing the …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 13: 1867

Whether the Orders Will Outlast the Day of Judgment?
Objection 1: It would seem that the orders of angels will not outlast the Day of Judgment. For the Apostle says (1 Cor. 15:24), that Christ will "bring to naught all principality and power, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father," and this will be in the final consummation. Therefore for the same reason all others will be abolished in that state. Objection 2: Further, to the office of the angelic orders it belongs to cleanse, enlighten, and perfect. But after the Day of …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

Why is it that Our Lord Has Tarried Till Now? Why Has not the Redeemer Returned Long Ere This?
At first sight perhaps this inquiry might appear almost irreverent and some may feel inclined to remind us that "secret things belong unto the Lord." In response we would say, It is not in any spirit of idle curiosity nor is it to indulge an inquisitive speculation that we take up this question, but simply because we believe that a humble examination of it will prove profitable to our souls, inasmuch as the answer to our inquiry demonstrates the wisdom and grace of Him with whom we have to do. Of …
Arthur W. Pink—The Redeemer's Return

Hindrances to Revivals.
Text.--I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you."--Nehemiah vi. 3. THIS servant of God had come down from Babylon to rebuild the temple and re-establish the worship of God at Jerusalem, the city of his fathers' sepulchres. When it was discovered by Sanballat and certain individuals, his allies, who had long enjoyed the desolations of Zion, that now the temple, and the holy city were about to be rebuilt, they raised a great …
Charles Grandison Finney—Lectures on Revivals of Religion

The Publication of the Gospel
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it [or of the preachers] P erhaps no one Psalm has given greater exercise to the skill and patience of commentators and critics, than the sixty-eighth. I suppose the difficulties do not properly belong to the Psalm, but arise from our ignorance of various circumstances to which the Psalmist alludes; which probably were, at that time, generally known and understood. The first verse is the same with the stated form of benediction …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2

Salvation Published from the Mountains
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid: say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! I t would be improper to propose an alteration, though a slight one, in the reading of a text, without bearing my testimony to the great value of our English version, which I believe, in point of simplicity, strength, and fidelity, is not likely to be excelled by a new translation …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1

The Sovereignty of God in Operation
"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be the glory for ever. Amen" (Romans 11:36). Has God foreordained everything that comes to pass? Has He decreed that what is, was to have been? In the final analysis this is only another way of asking, Is God now governing the world and everyone and everything in it? If God is governing the world then is He governing it according to a definite purpose, or aimlessly and at random? If He is governing it according to some purpose, then …
Arthur W. Pink—The Sovereignty of God

Appendix ix. List of Old Testament Passages Messianically Applied in Ancient Rabbinic Writings
THE following list contains the passages in the Old Testament applied to the Messiah or to Messianic times in the most ancient Jewish writings. They amount in all to 456, thus distributed: 75 from the Pentateuch, 243 from the Prophets, and 138 from the Hagiorgrapha, and supported by more than 558 separate quotations from Rabbinic writings. Despite all labour care, it can scarcely be hoped that the list is quite complete, although, it is hoped, no important passage has been omitted. The Rabbinic references …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
THE ISRAELITES IN THE LAND OF CANAAN: THE JUDGES--THE PHILISTINES AND THE HEBREW KINGDOM--SAUL, DAVID, SOLOMON, THE DEFECTION OF THE TEN TRIBES--THE XXIst EGYPTIAN DYNASTY--SHESHONQ OR SHISHAK DAMASCUS. The Hebrews in the desert: their families, clans, and tribes--The Amorites and the Hebrews on the left bank of the Jordan--The conquest of Canaan and the native reaction against the Hebrews--The judges, Ehud, Deborah, Jerubbaal or Gideon and the Manassite supremacy; Abimelech, Jephihdh. The Philistines, …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 6

Judges
For the understanding of the early history and religion of Israel, the book of Judges, which covers the period from the death of Joshua to the beginning of the struggle with the Philistines, is of inestimable importance; and it is very fortunate that the elements contributed by the later editors are so easily separated from the ancient stories whose moral they seek to point. That moral is most elaborately stated in ii. 6-iii. 6, which is a sort of programme or preface to iii. 7-xvi. 31, which constitutes …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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