6 “In the days of aShamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of bJael, the paths had ceased,
So travelers went by roundabout paths.
7 The peasantry ceased; they ceased in Israel,
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Until I arose, a mother in Israel.
8 aGod chose new leaders;
Then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or a spear was seen
Among forty thousand in Israel.