“Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
Deborah calls herself to wake, to wake again, the work of praising God demands all the liveliness and vigour of soul, the closest intensity and application of every power. And Barak must lead his captives in triumph through the city, not for pleasure in trampling them, but to give glory to God and abase the proud.
AI summary
Commenting on Judges 5:12-23
Then were the horse hoofs broken by means of the pransings,.... Either through the force of the waters of the river, where they pranced and plunged, and could have no standing; or through the swift haste they made to run away, striking the earth so quick, and with such force and vehemence, that their hoofs were broken thereby, especially on stony ground, and so their...
Then were the horse hoofs broken by the means of the prancings--Anciently, as in many parts of the East still, horses were not shod. The breaking of the hoofs denotes the hot haste and heavy irregular tramp of the routed foe.