Bible verse
When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
Judges 5:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Judges 5.
4 O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
5 The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
7 Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
8 When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
10 You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
11 the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
12 ‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’
KJV
They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
ASV
They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
ERV
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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