Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?
This touch is added confirmation that Jael was defending herself from a potential rapist when she killed Sisera. As noted earlier, this song is full of contrasts. The simplicity of Jael’s tent (Judges 5:24) also contrasts with the mother of Sisera’s palace (Judges 5:28). [Note: Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Poetry, p. 45.] 