Ehud shoving his sword into Eglon up to the hilt and then letting the folds of fat cover it has nothing on these tent-peg-wielding women. Guys, be warned. If you don't get the job done, a woman is only going to wait so long before she gets it done herself. Haven't we as men acquiesced in our spiritual responsibilities this way?
And so Deborah has to go with Barak because he won't go to fight alone (or as alone as anyone can be with 10,000 men). Because of the way he handles it, Deborah prophecies that God will hand King Sisera over to a woman. A woman shaming a man by saying he's going to be outdone by...a woman. Jael gets the job with a tent peg hammered through Sisera's head. Martha Stewart would be proud with the resourcefulness of Jael -- talk about your alternative uses of household items. So much for quiet and genteel God-fearing women. Get the Lord into a lady and she kicks donkey.
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