Judges 5:30

Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

Cross-reference

Judges 5:19 Contrast

Judges 5:19 says the kings took no silver spoil — contrasting the imagined plunder of dyed garments here, highlighting ironic hope.

Exodus 15:9 Parallel

Exodus 15:9 records the enemy's boast of dividing spoil, exactly the same hopeful expectation the mother voices here.

Job 20:5 Contrast

Job 20:5 states the triumph of the wicked is short — the mother's imagined victory is immediately shown false by Sisera's death.

2 Kings 3:23 has Moabites mistaking water for blood and going for spoil — mirroring the false hope of spoil here, as both are mistaken.

Psalm 124:6 Contrast

Psalm 124:6 thanks God for not giving us as prey — paralleling the thwarted spoil here, showing God's deliverance.