Judges 5:7

Villages were deserted,
they were deserted in Israel,
until I, Deborah, arose,
a mother in Israel.

Judges 4:4-6

Deborah, a woman who was a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

2 Samuel 20:19

I am a peaceful person, one of the faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the Lord’s inheritance?”

Esther 9:19

This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down to you
with their faces to the ground,
and lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh;
those who put their hope in Me
will not be put to shame.

Romans 16:13

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother—and mine.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

The villages

General references

Bible References

The villages

Esther 9:19
This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.

A mother

Judges 4:4
Deborah, a woman who was a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
2 Samuel 20:19
I am a peaceful person, one of the faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the Lord’s inheritance?”
Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down to you
with their faces to the ground,
and lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh;
those who put their hope in Me
will not be put to shame.
Romans 16:13
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother—and mine.

General references

Deuteronomy 28:19
You will be cursed when you come in
and cursed when you go out.

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