Deborah a Woman of Faith

When you study the book of Judges you will find it covers a period of over 400 years where Israel found themselves in a sin cycle of disobedience.

The Canaanites were a depraved people. They worshipped other gods. They practiced child sacrifice.
The Canaanite religion was made up of Idolatry and Sex, for the pursuit of material Success. Israel was to have a no toleration policy of the beliefs and actions of the Canaanites.

But sadly in the book of Judges they even began to serve the Pagan gods.
Judg 2:11 KJV And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

Now when we meet Deborah in Judges 4 we find the Israelites are caught in the sin cycle again.

Judg 4:1 KJV And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

In Judges Chapter 4 things are really hard for the Tribes of Israel.

Ehud was a godly Judge who had brought Israel 80 years of rest.
That was the longest period of peace recorded in the Book of Judges.
When Ehud died the nation of Israel went back into idolatry but fortunately the Lord raised up a Godly woman called Deborah.