17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan;Why did Dan spend his time in ships?Asher remained along the shore,he stayed in his havens.
18 Zebulun was a people who defied death,Naphtali, too, on the open heights!
19 The kings came and fought;then they fought, those kings of Canaan,At Taanach by the waters of Megiddo;no spoil of silver did they take.
20 From the heavens the stars fought;from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The Wadi Kishon swept them away;the wadi overwhelmed them, the Wadi Kishon.Trample down the strong!
22 Then the hoofs of the horses hammered,the galloping, galloping of steeds.
23 “Curse Meroz,” says the messenger of the Lord,“curse, curse its inhabitants!For they did not come when the Lord helped,the help of the Lord against the warriors.”