Judges 5:3-5

God’s former salvation 5:3-5

Deborah called all people of consequence to pay attention to the record of God’s sovereignty that follows (cf. Exodus 15:18). "Kings" may refer to pagan kings and "rulers" to Israel’s leaders. She compared God’s revelation at Sinai, when He gave the Israelites His covenant, to His intervention for His people in their most recent battle. She pictured God going from Mt. Seir in Edom to Mt. Sinai, where He appeared to the Israelites in great power in a storm and earthquake (cf. Exodus 19:18; Deuteronomy 33:2). She later spoke of God’s recent deliverance of His people in similar terms (Judges 5:20-21). The description is poetic. We should not interpret it as literally as a prose narrative.