6  “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,

in the days of Jael, ^rthe highways were abandoned,

and travelers kept to the byways.

7  The villagers ceased in Israel;

they ceased to be until I arose;

I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.

8  When ^snew gods were chosen,

then war was in the gates.

^tWas shield or spear to be seen

among forty thousand in Israel?