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Commentary for Judges 4:14

וַתֹּאמֶר֩ דְּבֹרָ֨ה אֶל־בָּרָ֜ק ק֗וּם כִּ֣י זֶ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־סִֽיסְרָא֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ הֲלֹ֥א יְהוָ֖ה יָצָ֣א לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַיֵּ֤רֶד בָּרָק֙ מֵהַ֣ר תָּב֔וֹר וַעֲשֶׂ֧רֶת אֲלָפִ֛ים אִ֖ישׁ אַחֲרָֽיו׃

And Deborah said unto Barak: ‘Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not the LORD gone out before thee?’ So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

Metzudat David on Judges

Up: That is to say, don't delay yourself, standing here to fortify yourself on the mountain
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Metzudat Zion on Judges

Alacrity
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Radak on Judges

Has not the Lord gone out before you: It is like its translation (in the Targum) - "did not the angel of the Lord go out before you to make you successful."
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Metzudat David on Judges

For this is the day: That is to say, the decree is set that today you will defeat Sisera, so you may no longer delay on the mountain.
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Metzudat David on Judges

Has not the Lord: Do not fear to go down to the valley, "as has not the Lord, etc."
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