Then, turning upon the indifferent and laggard hosts that held back and refused to strike the blow for liberty, the poetess exclaims:
"Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord,
Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof,
Because they came not to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty."
Concerning the woman whose unfailing hand had struck the fatal blow, the poetess sings:
"Blessed above women shall Jael be,
The wife of Heber the Kenite.
Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
"He asked water