Judges 5:23

‘Call judgment down on ¹  Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic ²  messenger; ‘Be sure ³  to call judgment down on ⁴  those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, ⁵  to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ ⁶ 

Jud 2:1; Jud 4:6; Jud 6:11; Jud 13:3; Jud 21:9,10; 1Sa 17:47; 1Sa 18:17; 1Sa 25:28; 1Sa 26:19; Ne 3:5; Jer 48:10; Mt 25:41; Ro 15:18; 1Co 3:9; 1Co 16:22; 2Co 6:1

¹ tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”

² tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive.

³ tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.

⁴ tn Heb “[to] curse.”

⁵ tn Heb “to the help of the Lord” (the same Hebrew phrase occurs in the following line). Another option is to read “to aid the Lord’s cause.”

⁶ tn Or “along with the other warriors.”