Judges 5:23 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

Curse ye. 1Sa 26:19 Jer 48:10 1Co 16:22

the angel. Jud 2:1 Jud 4:6 Jud 6:11 Jud 13:3 Mt 25:41

they came. Jud 21:9 Jud 21:10 Ne 3:5

to the help. 1Sa 17:47 1Sa 18:17 1Sa 25:28 Ro 15:18 1Co 3:9 2Co 6:1

Meroz.This city of Meroz seems to have been, at this time, a place of considerable importance, since something great was expected from it; but probably, after the angel of the Lord had pronounced this curse, it dwindled and like the fig-tree which Christ cursed, withered away; so that we never read of it after this in Scripture.

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