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General Information:
Deborah and Barak's song continues using poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry)
The mountains quaked
This probably refers to earthquakes and gives the impression that the mountains quaked because they were very afraid of Yahweh. AT: "The mountains trembled in fear" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
before the face of Yahweh
Here "face" refers Yahweh's presence. AT: "in the presence of Yahweh" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
even Mount Sinai quaked
When Moses and Israel were at Mount Sinai, it quaked. AT: "long ago, even Mount Sinai quaked" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
In the days of
"During the lifetime of"
Shamgar ... Anath ... Jael
These are the names of people. See how you translated Shamgar and Anath in Judges 3:31 and Jael in Judges 4:18. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
son of Anath
Shamgar's father is mentioned to help identify Shamgar and when he lived. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)
the main roads were abandoned
This can be stated in active form and you can make explicit why the roads were abandoned AT: "people stopped using the main roads; because they were afraid of Israel's enemies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
the winding paths
This refers to smaller roads that fewer people traveled on.