Judges 5:31

“So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord ! etc.] As Sisera and his army did, and be disappointed as his mother and her ladies were; which is not only a wish or prayer that it might be, but a prophecy that so it would be: but let them that love him ; that love the Lord superlatively and sincerely, with all their heart and soul, and from love serve and fear him: [be] as the sun when he goeth forth in his might ; in the middle of the day, when its heat and light are the greatest, and in the summer solstice, in the month of June, when the sun is in Cancer, as Ben Gersom and Abarbinel observe, and it is hottest: the sense is, let the true friends of God be as bright and as glorious, and increase…”

“A most striking conclusion, in which the spiritual truth, which the whole narrative is intended to convey, comes out. The enemies of the Lord will perish like the host of Sisera, and all their hopes will end, like those of Sisera’s mother, in bitter disappointment and shame; but all that love our Lord Jesus Christ shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Compare Matthew 13:43; Daniel 12:3. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Judges 5". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/judges-5.html. 1870. StudyLight.org…”

“So let - That is, so suddenly, so surely, so effectual and irrecoverably. Deborah was a prophetess and this prayer was a prediction, that in due time all God's enemies shall perish. In his might - When he first riseth, and so goeth on in his course, which he doth with great might, even as a strong man that runneth a race, and so as no creature can stop, or hinder him; even so irresistible let thy people be. Such shall be the honour and such the joy of all that love God in sincerity, and they shall shine for ever as the sun in the kingdom of their father. Next: Judges Chapter 6”

“So let: Psa 48:4, Psa 48:5, Psa 58:10, Psa 58:11, Psa 68:1-3, Psa 83:9-18, Psa 92:9, Psa 97:8; Rev 6:10, Rev 18:20; Rev 19:2, Rev 19:3 them that: Exo 20:6; Deu 6:5; Psa 91:14, Psa 97:10; Rom 8:28; Co1 8:3; Eph 6:24; Jam 1:12, Jam 2:5; Pe1 1:8; Jo1 4:19-21, Jo1 5:2, Jo1 5:3 the sun: Sa2 23:4; Psa 19:4, Psa 19:5, Psa 37:6; Pro 4:18; Dan 12:3; Hos 6:3; Mat 13:43 And the land: The victory here celebrated in this song, was of such happy consequence to Israel, that for the principal part of one age, they enjoyed the peace to which it had been the means of opening the way. The land had rest forty years, that is, so long it was from this victory to the raising up of Gideon. And well would it have…”

“31a So shall all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah! But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its strength. This forms the conclusion of the song. כּן, so, refers to the whole of the song: just in the same manner as Sisera and his warriors. The rising of the sun in its strength is a striking image of the exaltation of Israel to a more and more glorious unfolding of its destiny, which Deborah anticipated as the result of this victory. With the last clause, "And the land had rest forty years" (cf. Jdg 3:11, Jdg 3:30; Jdg 8:28), the account of this event is brought to a close. Next: Judges Chapter 6”