Judges 4:14
Context4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, 1 for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! 2 Has the Lord not taken the lead?” 3 Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Judges 9:7
ContextJotham’s Parable
9:7 When Jotham heard the news, 4 he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, 5 “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
1 tn Heb “Arise!”
2 tn The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the
3 tn Heb “Has the
4 tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.
5 tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”