Judith 1:2
And built walls round about of stones in Ecbatane, hewn three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits;
Judith 1:3
And set the towers thereof upon the gates of it a hundred cubits high, and the breadth thereof in the foundation, sixty cubits;
Judith 1:4
And he made the gates thereof, even gates that were raised to the height of seventy cubits, and the breadth of them was forty cubits, for the going forth of his mighty armies, and for the setting in array of his footmen;
Judith 1:5
Even in those days, king Nebuchadrezzar made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau.
Judith 1:6
And all those who dwelt in the hill country came to him, and all who dwelt by Euphrates, and Tigris and Hydaspes, and the plain of Arioch, the king of the Elymeans, and very many nations of the sons of Chelod, assembled themselves to the battle.
Judith 1:7
Then Nebuchadrezzar, king of the Assyrians, sent to all who dwelt in Persia, and to all who dwelt westward, and to those who dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Libanus, and Antilibanus, and to all who dwelt upon the sea coast,
Judith 1:8
And to those among the nations who were of Carmel, and Galaad, and the higher Galilee, and the great plain of Esdrelom,
Judith 1:9
And to all who were in Samaria and the cities thereof, and beyond Jordan to Jerusalem, and Betane, and Chelus, and Kades, and the river of Egypt, and Taphnes, and Ramesse, and all the land of Gesem,
Judith 1:10
Until you come beyond Tanis and Memphis, and to all the inhabitants of Egypt, until you come to the borders of Ethiopia.
Judith 1:11
But all the inhabitants of the land made light of the commandment of Nebuchadrezzar, king of the Assyrians, neither did they go with him to the battle; for they were not afraid of him; indeed, he was before them as one man, and they sent his ambassadors away from them without effect, and with disgrace.
Judith 1:12
Therefore, Nebuchadrezzar was very angry with all this country, and swore by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged upon all those coasts of Cilicia, and Damascus, and Syria, and that he would slay all the inhabitants of the land of Moab with the sword, and the children of Ammon, and all Judea, and all who were in Egypt, until you come to the borders of the two seas.
Judith 1:13
Then he marched in battle array with his power against king Arphaxad in the seventeenth year, and he prevailed in his battle; for he overthrew all the power of Arphaxad, and all his horsemen, and all his chariots,
Judith 1:14
And became lord of his cities, and came to Ecbatane, and took the towers, and spoiled the streets thereof, and turned the beauty thereof into shame.
Judith 1:15
He also took Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau, and struck him through with his darts, and utterly destroyed him that day.
Judith 1:16
So he returned afterward to Nineveh, both he and all his company of sundry nations, being a very great multitude of men of war, and there he took his ease, and banqueted, both he and his army, a hundred and twenty days.
Judith 2:1
And in the eighteenth year, the twenty second day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nebuchadrezzar, king of the Assyrians, that he should, as he said, avenge himself on all the earth.
Judith 2:2
So he called all his officers to him, and all his nobles, and communicated his secret counsel with them, and concluded the afflicting of the whole earth out of his own mouth.
Judith 2:3
Then they decreed to destroy all flesh, who did not obey the commandment of his mouth.
Judith 2:4
And when he had ended his counsel, Nebuchadrezzar, king of the Assyrians, called Holofernes, the chief captain of his army, who was next to him, and said to him.
Judith 2:5
Thus the great king says, the lord of the whole earth, "Behold, you will go forth from my presence, and take with you men who trust in their own strength, of footmen, a hundred and twenty thousand; and the number of horses with their riders, twelve thousand.
Judith 2:6
And you will go against all the west country, because they disobeyed my commandment.
Judith 2:7
And you will declare that they prepare for me earth and water; for I will go forth in my wrath against them and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of my army, and I will give them for a spoil to them;
Judith 2:8
So that their slain will fill their valleys and brooks, and the river will be filled with their dead, until it overflows;
Judith 2:9
And I will lead them captives to the utmost parts of all the earth.
Judith 2:10
You will therefore go forth and take all their coasts for me beforehand; and if they will yield themselves to you, you will reserve them for me until the day of their punishment.
Judith 2:11
But concerning those who rebel, do not let your eye spare them; but put them to the slaughter, and spoil them wherever you go.
Judith 2:12
For as I live, and by the power of my kingdom, whatever I have spoken, that, I will do by my hand.
Judith 2:13
And take heed that you transgress none of the commandments of your lord, but accomplish them fully, as I have commanded you, and do not defer to do them."
Judith 2:14
Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord, and called all the governors and captains, and the officers of the army of Assur;
Judith 2:15
And he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, to a hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;
Judith 2:16
And he ranged them, as a great army is ordered for the war.
Judith 2:17
And he took camels and asses for their carriages, a very great number; and sheep and oxen and goats without number for their provision;
Judith 2:18
And plenty of victuals for every man of the army, and very much gold and silver out of the king's house.
Judith 2:19
Then he went forth and all his power to go before king Nebuchadrezzar in the voyage, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, and horsemen, and their chosen footmen.
Judith 2:20
Also, a great number of various countries came with them like locusts, and like the sand of the earth; for the multitude was without number.
Judith 2:21
And they went forth from Nineveh three days' journey toward the plain of Bectileth, and pitched from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia.
Judith 2:22
Then he took all his army, his footmen, and horsemen and chariots, and went from there into the hill country;
Judith 2:23
And destroyed Phud and Lud, and spoiled all the children of Rasses, and the Children of Israel, who were toward the wilderness at the south of the land of the Chellians.
Judith 2:24
Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai, until you come to the sea.
Judith 2:25
And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all who resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, over against Arabia.
Judith 2:26
He encompassed also all the children of Midian, and burned up their tabernacles, and spoiled their sheepcotes.
Judith 2:27
Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burnt up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds; he also spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and struck all their young men with the edge of the sword.
Judith 2:28
Therefore, the fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the sea coasts, who were in Sidon and Tyrus, and those who dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and all who dwelt in Jemnaan; and those who dwelt in Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly.
Judith 3:1
So they sent ambassadors to him to treat of peace, saying,
Judith 3:2
"Behold, we, the servants of Nebuchadrezzar, the great king, lie before you; use us as will be good in your sight.
Judith 3:3
Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents lie before your face; use them as it pleases you.
Judith 3:4
Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are your servants; come and deal with them as it seems good to you."
Judith 3:5
So the men came to Holofernes, and declared to him after this manner.
Judith 3:6
Then he came down toward the sea coast, both he and his army, and set garrisons in the high cities, and took chosen men out of them for aid.
Judith 3:7
So they and all the country round about received them with garlands, with dances, and with timbrels.
Judith 3:8
Yet he cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves; for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations should prostrate to Nebuchadrezzar only, and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as god.
Judith 3:9
Also, he came over against Esdraelon near Judea, over against the great strait of Judea.
Judith 3:10
And he pitched between Geba and Scythopolis, and he was there a whole month, that he might gather all the carriages of his army together.
Judith 4:1
Now the Children of Israel, who dwelt in Judea, heard all that Holofernes, the chief captain of Nebuchadrezzar, king of the Assyrians, had done to the nations, and after what manner he had spoiled all their temples, and brought them to nothing.
Judith 4:2
Therefore, they were exceedingly afraid of him, and were troubled for Jerusalem, and for the temple of the Lord their God;
Judith 4:3
For they had newly returned from the captivity, and all the people of Judea were lately gathered together; and the vessels, and the altar, and the house, were sanctified after the profanation.
Judith 4:4
Therefore, they sent into all the coasts of Samaria, and the villages and to Bethoron, and Belmen, and Jericho, and to Choba, and Esora, and to the valley of Salem;
Judith 4:5
And possessed themselves beforehand of all the tops of the high mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up victuals for the provision of war; for their fields were reaped of late.
Judith 4:6
Also, Joacim, the high priest, who was in Jerusalem in those days, wrote to those who dwelt in Bethulia, and Betomestham, which is over against Esdraelon toward the open country, near Dothaim,
Judith 4:7
Charging them to keep the passages of the hill country; for there was an entrance into Judea by them, and it was easy to stop those who would come up, because the passage was straight, for two men at the most.
Judith 4:8
And the Children of Israel did as Joacim the high priest had commanded them, with the ancients of all the people of Israel, who dwelt at Jerusalem.
Judith 4:9
Then every man of Israel cried to God with great fervency, and with great vehemency, they humbled their souls;
Judith 4:10
Both they, and their wives and their children, and their cattle, and every stranger and hireling, and their servants bought with money, put sackcloth upon their loins.
Judith 4:11
Thus every man and woman, and the little children, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the temple, and cast ashes upon their heads, and spread out their sackcloth before the Face of the Lord; also they put sackcloth about the altar,
Judith 4:12
And cried to the God of Israel, all earnestly with one consent, that He would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to profanation and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at.
Judith 4:13
So God heard their prayers, and looked upon their afflictions; for the people fasted many days in all Judea and Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty.
Judith 4:14
And Joacim, the high priest, and all the priests who stood before the Lord, and those who ministered to the Lord, had their loins girt with sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and free gifts of the people,
Judith 4:15
And had ashes on their mitres, and cried to the Lord with all their power, that He would graciously look upon all the house of Israel.
Judith 5:1
Then it was declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, that the Children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills and had laid impediments in the champaign countries;
Judith 5:2
Wherewith, he was very angry, and called all the princes of Moab, and the captains of Ammon, and all the governors of the sea coast,
Judith 5:3
And he said to them, "Tell me now, you sons of Canaan, who this people is, who dwells in the hill country, and what are the cities that they inhabit, and what is the multitude of their army, and wherein is their power and strength, and what king is set over them, or captain of their army;
Judith 5:4
And why have they not determined to come and meet me, more than all the inhabitants of the west."
Judith 5:5
Then Achior said, the captain of all the sons of Ammon, "Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of your servant, and I will declare the truth to you concerning this people, who dwells near you, and inhabits the hill countries; and no lie will come out of the mouth of your servant.
Judith 5:6
This people are descended of the Chaldeans;
Judith 5:7
And they sojourned before in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.
Judith 5:8
For they left the way of their ancestors, and served the God of heaven, the God whom they knew; so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there for many days.
Judith 5:9
Then their God commanded them to depart from the place where they sojourned, and to go into the land of Canaan; where they dwelt, and were increased with gold and silver, and with very much cattle.
Judith 5:10
But when a famine covered all the land of Canaan, they went down into Egypt and sojourned there, while they were nourished, and became a great multitude there, so that one could not number their nation.
Judith 5:11
Therefore, the king of Egypt rose up against them, and dealt subtly with them, and brought them low with laboring in brick, and made them slaves.
Judith 5:12
Then they cried to their God, and He struck all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues; so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight.
Judith 5:13
And God dried the Red sea before them,
Judith 5:14
And brought them to Mount Sinai, and Cades-Barne, and cast forth all who dwelt in the wilderness.
Judith 5:15
So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed all those of Esebon by their strength, and passing over Jordan, they possessed all the hill country.
Judith 5:16
And they cast forth the Canaanite before them, [and] the Pherezite, the Jebusite, and the Sychemite, and all the Gergesites, and they dwelt in that country for many days.
Judith 5:17
And while they did not sin before their God, they prospered, because the God who hates iniquity was with them.
Judith 5:18
But when they departed from the way which He appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles, very sore, and were led captives into a land that was not theirs, and the temple of their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.
Judith 5:19
But now they have returned to their God, and have come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.
Judith 5:20
Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there is any error against this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this will be their ruin, and let us go up, and we will overcome them.
Judith 5:21
But if there is no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now pass by, unless their Lord defends them, and their God is for them, and we become a reproach before all the world."
Judith 5:22
And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people standing round about the tent murmured, and the chief men of Holofernes, and all who dwelt by the sea side, and in Moab, spoke that he should kill him.
Judith 5:23
For, they say, "We will not be afraid of the face of the Children of Israel; for, look, it is a people who has no strength or power for a strong battle.
Judith 5:24
Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they will be a prey to be devoured of all your army."
Judith 6:1
And when the tumult of men who were about the council had ceased, Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, said to Achior and all the Moabites before all the company of other nations,
Judith 6:2
"And who are you, Achior, and the hirelings of Ephraim, that you have prophesied against us as today, and have said, that we should not make war with the people of Israel, because their God will defend them? And who is god but Nebuchadrezzar?
Judith 6:3
He will send his power, and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God will not deliver them; but we, his servants, will destroy them as one man; for they are not able to sustain the power of our horses.
Judith 6:4
'For with them, we will tread them under foot, and their mountains will be drunken with their blood, and their fields will be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps will not be able to stand before us, for they will utterly perish,' says king Nebuchadrezzar, lord of all the earth; for he said, 'None of my words will be in vain.
Judith 6:5
And you, Achior, a hireling of Ammon, who have spoken these words in the day of your iniquity, will no longer see my face from this day, until I take vengeance of this nation that came out of Egypt.
Judith 6:6
And then the sword of my army, and the multitude of those who serve me, will pass through your sides, and you will fall among their slain, when I return.
Judith 6:7
Now therefore, my servants will bring you back into the hill country, and will set you in one of the cities of the passages;
Judith 6:8
And you will not perish, until you are destroyed with them.
Judith 6:9
And if you persuade yourself in your mind that they will be taken, do not let your countenance fall; I have spoken it, and none of my words will be in vain.'"
Judith 6:10
Then Holofernes commanded his servants, who waited in his tent, to take Achior, and bring him to Bethulia, and deliver him into the hands of the Children of Israel.
Judith 6:11
So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into the plain, and they went from the midst of the plain into the hill country, and came to the fountains that were under Bethulia.
Judith 6:12
And when the men of the city saw them, they took up their weapons, and went out of the city to the top of the hill; and every man who used a sling kept them from coming up by casting of stones against them.
Judith 6:13
Nevertheless, having privily gotten under the hill, they bound Achior, and cast him down, and left him at the foot of the hill, and returned to their lord.
Judith 6:14
But the Israelites descended from their city, and came to him, and loosed him, and brought him to Bethulia, and presented him to the governors of the city;
Judith 6:15
Who were, in those days, Ozias, the son of Micha, of the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris, the son of Gothoniel, and Charmis, the son of Melchiel.
Judith 6:16
And they called all the ancients of the city together, and all their youth ran together, and their women, to the assembly, and they set Achior in the midst of all their people. Then Ozias asked him of that which was done.
Judith 6:17
And he answered and declared to them the words of the council of Holofernes, and all the words that he had spoken in the midst of the princes of Assur, and whatever Holofernes had spoken proudly against the house of Israel.
Judith 6:18
Then the people fell down and prostrated to God, and cried to God, saying,
Judith 6:19
"O Lord God of heaven, behold their pride, and pity the low estate of our nation, and look upon the face of those who are sanctified to You this day."
Judith 6:20
Then they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly.
Judith 6:21
And Ozias took him out of the assembly to his house, and made a feast to the elders; and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.
Judith 7:1
The next day, Holofernes commanded all his army, and all his people who had come to take his part, that they should remove their camp against Bethulia, to take the ascents of the hill country beforehand, and to make war against the Children of Israel.
Judith 7:2
Then their strong men removed their camps in that day, and the army of the men of war was a hundred and seventy thousand footmen, and twelve thousand horsemen, beside the baggage, and other men who were afoot among them, a very great multitude.
Judith 7:3
And they camped in the valley near Bethulia, by the fountain, and they spread themselves in breadth over Dothaim, even to Belmaim, and in length from Bethulia to Cynamon, which is over against Esdraelon.
Judith 7:4
Now the Children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, were greatly troubled, and said, every one to his neighbor, "Now these men will lick up the face of the earth; for neither the high mountains, nor the valleys, nor the hills, are able to bear their weight."
Judith 7:5
Then every man took up his weapons of war, and when they had kindled fires upon their towers, they remained and watched all that night.
Judith 7:6
But in the second day, Holofernes brought forth all his horsemen in the sight of the Children of Israel who were in Bethulia,
Judith 7:7
And viewed the passages up to the city, and came to the fountains of their waters, and took them, and set garrisons of men of war over them, and he himself removed toward his people.
Judith 7:8
Then all the chief of the children of Esau came to him, and all the governors of the people of Moab, and the captains of the sea coast, and said,
Judith 7:9
"Let our lord now hear a word, that there not be an overthrow in your army.
Judith 7:10
For this people of the Children of Israel does not trust in their spears, but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell, because it is not easy to come up to the tops of their mountains.
Judith 7:11
Now therefore, my lord, do not fight against them in battle array, and not so much as one man of your people will perish.
Judith 7:12
Remain in your camp, and keep all the men of your army, and let your servants get the fountain of water into their hands, which issues forth of the foot of the mountain;
Judith 7:13
For all the inhabitants of Bethulia have their water there; so thirst will kill them, and they will give up their city, and we and our people will go up to the tops of the mountains that are near, and will camp upon them, to watch that none go out of the city.
Judith 7:14
So they and their wives and their children will be consumed with fire, and before the sword comes against them, they will be overthrown in the streets where they dwell.
Judith 7:15
Thus you will render them an evil reward; because they rebelled, and did not meet your person peaceably."
Judith 7:16
And these words pleased Holofernes and all his servants, and he appointed to do as they had spoken.
Judith 7:17
So the camp of the children of Ammon departed, and five thousand of the Assyrians with them, and they pitched in the valley, and took the waters, and the fountains of the waters of the Children of Israel.
Judith 7:18
Then the children of Esau went up with the children of Ammon, and camped in the hill country over against Dothaim; and they sent some of them toward the south, and toward the east over against Ekrebel, which is near Chusi, that is upon the brook Mochmur; and the rest of the army of the Assyrians camped in the plain, and covered the face of the whole land; and their tents and carriages were pitched to a very great multitude.
Judith 7:19
Then the Children of Israel cried to the Lord their God, because their heart failed, for all their enemies had encompassed them round about, and there was no way to escape out from among them.
Judith 7:20
Thus all the company of Assur remained about them, both their footmen, chariots, and horsemen, for thirty four days, so that all their vessels of water failed all the inhibitants of Bethulia.
Judith 7:21
And the cisterns were emptied, and they did not have water to drink their fill for one day; for they gave them drink by measure.
Judith 7:22
Therefore, their young children were out of heart, and their women and young men fainted for thirst, and fell down in the streets of the city, and by the passages of the gates, and there was no longer any strength in them.
Judith 7:23
Then all the people assembled to Ozias, and to the chief of the city, both young men, and women, and children, and cried with a loud voice, and said before all the elders,
Judith 7:24
"God be judge between us and you; for you have done us great injury, in that you have not required peace of the children of Assur.
Judith 7:25
For now we have no helper; but God has sold us into their hands, that we should be thrown down before them with thirst and great destruction.
Judith 7:26
Now therefore call them to you, and deliver the whole city for a spoil to the people of Holofernes, and to all his army.
Judith 7:27
For it is better for us to be made a spoil to them, than to die for thirst; for we will be his servants, that our souls may live, and not see the death of our infants before our eyes, nor our wives or our children to die.
Judith 7:28
We take the heaven and the earth to witness against you, and our God and Lord of our fathers, who punishes us according to our sins and the sins of our fathers, that He does not do accordingly as we have said this day."
Judith 7:29
Then there was great weeping with one consent in the midst of the assembly; and they cried to the Lord God with a loud voice.
Judith 7:30
Then Ozias said to them, "Brethren, be of good courage, let us yet endure five days, in the which space the Lord our God may turn His mercy toward us; for He will not utterly forsake us.
Judith 7:31
And if these days pass, and no help comes to us, I will do according to your word."
Judith 7:32
And he dispersed the people, everyone to their own charge; and they went to the walls and towers of their city, and sent the women and children into their houses; and they were brought very low in the city.
Judith 8:1
Now at that time, Judith heard thereof, who was the daughter of Merari, the son of Ox, the son of Joseph, the son of Ozel, the son of Elcia, the son of Ananias, the son of Gedeon, the son of Raphaim, the son of Acitho, the son of Eliu, the son of Eliab, the son of Nathanael, the son of Samael, the son of Salasadal, the son of Israel.
Judith 8:2
And Manasses was her husband, of her tribe and kindred, who died in the barley harvest.
Judith 8:3
For, as he stood overseeing those who bound sheaves in the field, the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in the city of Bethulia; and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothaim and Balamo.
Judith 8:4
So Judith was a widow in her house for three years and four months.
Judith 8:5
And she made herself a tent upon the top of her house, and put on sackcloth upon her loins and wore her widow's apparel.
Judith 8:6
And she fasted all the days of her widowhood, except the eves of the sabbaths, and the sabbaths, and the eves of the new moons, and the new moons and the feasts and solemn days of the house of Israel.
Judith 8:7
She was also of a goodly countenance, and very beautiful to behold; and her husband Manasses had left her gold, and silver, and menservants and maidservants, and cattle, and lands; and she remained upon them.
Judith 8:8
And there were none who gave her an ill word; as she feared God greatly.
Judith 8:9
Now when she heard the evil words of the people against the governor, that they fainted for lack of water; for Judith had heard all the words that Ozias had spoken to them, and that he had sworn to deliver the city to the Assyrians after five days;
Judith 8:10
Then she sent her waitingwoman, who had the government of all things that she had, to call Ozias and Chabris and Charmis, the ancients of the city.
Judith 8:11
And they came to her, and she said to them, "Hear me now, O you governors of the inhabitants of Bethulia; for your words that you have spoken before the people this day are not right, touching this oath which you made and pronounced between God and you, and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies, unless within these days the Lord turns to help you.
Judith 8:12
And now who are you who have tempted God this day, and stand instead of God among the children of men?
Judith 8:13
And now try the Lord Almighty, but you will never know anything.
Judith 8:14
For you cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can you perceive the things that he thinks; then how can you search out God, who has made all these things, and know His mind, or comprehend His purpose? No, my brethren, do not provoke the Lord our God to anger.
Judith 8:15
For if He will not help us within these five days, He has power to defend us when He wills, even every day, or to destroy us before our enemies.
Judith 8:16
Do not bind the counsels of the Lord our God; for God is not as man, that He may be threatened; neither is He as the Son of man, that He should be wavering.
Judith 8:17
Therefore, let us wait for His salvation, and call upon Him to help us, and He will hear our voice, if it pleases Him.
Judith 8:18
For none arose in our age, neither are there any now in these days, neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city among us, which serve gods made with hands, as has been aforetime.
Judith 8:19
For the which cause, our fathers were given to the sword, and for a spoil, and had a great fall before our enemies.
Judith 8:20
But we know none other god, therefore we trust that He will not despise us, nor any of our nation.
Judith 8:21
For if we are so taken, all Judea will lie waste, and our sanctuary will be spoiled; and He will require the profanation thereof at our mouth.
Judith 8:22
And the slaughter of our brethren, and the captivity of the country, and the desolation of our inheritance, He will turn upon our heads among the Gentiles, wherever we will be in bondage; and we will be an offence and a reproach to all those who possess us.
Judith 8:23
For our servitude will not be directed to favor; but the Lord our God will turn it to dishonor.
Judith 8:24
Now therefore, O brethren, let us show an example to our brethren, because their hearts depend upon us, and the sanctuary, and the house, and the altar, rest upon us.
Judith 8:25
Moreover, let us give thanks to the Lord our God, who tests us, even as He did our fathers.
Judith 8:26
Remember what things He did to Abraham, and how He tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.
Judith 8:27
For He has not tried us in the fire, as He did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither has He taken vengeance on us; but the Lord scourges those who come near Him, to admonish them."
Judith 8:28
Then Ozias said to her, "All that you have spoken, you have spoken with a good heart, and there are none who may stand against your words.
Judith 8:29
For this is not the first day wherein your wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of your days, all the people have known your understanding, because the disposition of your heart is good.
Judith 8:30
But the people were very thirsty, and compelled us to do to them as we have spoken, and to bring an oath upon ourselves, which we will not break.
Judith 8:31
Therefore, now pray for us, because you are a Godly woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we will faint no more."
Judith 8:32
Then Judith said to them, "Hear me, and I will do a thing, which will go throughout all generations to the children of our nation.
Judith 8:33
You will stand this night in the gate, and I will go forth with my waitingwoman; and within the days that you have promised to deliver the city to our enemies, the Lord will visit Israel by my hand.
Judith 8:34
But do not inquire of my act; for I will not declare it to you, until the things that I do are finished."
Judith 8:35
Then Ozias and the princes said to her, "Go in peace, and the Lord God be before you, to take vengeance on our enemies."
Judith 8:36
So they returned from the tent, and went to their wards.
Judith 9:1
Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord, Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
Judith 9:2
"O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom You gave a sword to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for You said, 'It will not be so;' and yet they did so;
Judith 9:3
Therefore You gave their rulers to be slain, so that they dyed their bed in blood, being deceived, and struck the servants with their lords, and the lords upon their thrones;
Judith 9:4
And have given their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be captives, and all their spoils to be divided among Your dear children; who were moved with Your zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon You for aid; O God, O my God, hear me also a widow.
Judith 9:5
For You have not only done those things, but also the things that fell out before, and which ensued after; You have thought upon the things which are now, and which are to come.
Judith 9:6
Yea, what things You determined were ready at hand, and said, 'Look, we are here;' for all Your ways are prepared, and Your judgments are in Your foreknowledge.
Judith 9:7
For, behold, the Assyrians are multiplied in their power; they are exalted with horse and man; they glory in the strength of their footmen; they trust in shield, and spear, and bow, and sling; and do not know that You are the Lord who breaks the battles; the Lord is Your name.
Judith 9:8
Throw down their strength in Your power, and bring down their force in Your wrath; for they have purposed to defile Your sanctuary, and to pollute the tabernacle where Your glorious name rests and to cast down the horn of Your altar with the sword.
Judith 9:9
Behold their pride, and send Your wrath upon their heads; give into my hand, who am a widow, the power that I have conceived.
Judith 9:10
Strike by the deceit of my lips, the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant; break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman.
Judith 9:11
For Your power does not stand in multitude, nor Your might in strong men; for You are a God of the afflicted, a helper of the oppressed, an upholder of the weak, a protector of the forlorn, a Savior of those who are without hope.
Judith 9:12
I pray You, I pray You, O God of my father, and God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and earth, Creator of the waters, King of every creature, hear my prayer;
Judith 9:13
And make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe, who have purposed cruel things against Your covenant, and Your holy house, and against the top of Sion, and against the house of the possession of Your children.
Judith 9:14
And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that You are the God of all power and might, and that there is none other who protects the people of Israel but You."
Judith 10:1
Now after she had ceased to cry to the God of Israel, and had made an end of all these words.
Judith 10:2
She rose where she had fallen down, and called her maid, and went down into the house in which she abode in the sabbath days, and in her feast days,
Judith 10:3
And pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a mitre upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her husband.
Judith 10:4
And she took sandals upon her feet, and put her bracelets about her, and her chains, and her rings, and her earrings, and all her ornaments, and decked herself bravely, to allure the eyes of all men who should see her.
Judith 10:5
Then she gave her maid a bottle of wine, and a cruse of oil, and filled a bag with parched corn, and lumps of figs, and with fine bread; so she folded all these things together, and laid them upon her.
Judith 10:6
Thus they went forth to the gate of the city of Bethulia, and found Ozias and the ancients of the city standing there, Chabris and Charmis.
Judith 10:7
And when they saw her, that her countenance was altered, and her apparel was changed, they wondered very greatly at her beauty, and said to her,
Judith 10:8
"The God, the God of our fathers gives you favor, and accomplishes your enterprizes to the glory of the Children of Israel, and to the exaltation of Jerusalem." Then they prostrated to God.
Judith 10:9
And she said to them, "Command the gates of the city to be opened to me, that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof you have spoken with me." So they commanded the young men to open to her, as she had spoken.
Judith 10:10
And when they had done so, Judith went out, she and her maid with her; and the men of the city looked after her, until she had gone down the mountain, and until she had passed the valley, and could no longer see her.
Judith 10:11
Thus they went straight forth in the valley; and the first watch of the Assyrians met her,
Judith 10:12
And took her, and asked her, "Of what people are you? And from where do you come? And where do you go?" And she said, "I am a woman of the Hebrews, and have fled from them; for they will be given to you to be consumed;
Judith 10:13
And I am coming before Holofernes, the chief captain of your army, to declare words of truth; and I will show him a way, whereby he will go, and win all the hill country, without losing the body or life of any one of his men."
Judith 10:14
Now when the men heard her words, and beheld her countenance, they wondered greatly at her beauty, and said to her,
Judith 10:15
"You have saved your life, in that you have hasted to come down to the presence of our lord; now therefore come to his tent, and some of us will conduct you, until they have delivered you to his hands.
Judith 10:16
And when you stand before him, do not be afraid in your heart, but show to him according to your word; and he will entreat you well."
Judith 10:17
Then they chose out of them, a hundred men to accompany her and her maid; and they brought her to the tent of Holofernes.
Judith 10:18
Then there was a concourse throughout all the camp; for her coming was noised among the tents, and they came about her, as she stood outside the tent of Holofernes, until they told him of her.
Judith 10:19
And they wondered at her beauty, and admired the Children of Israel because of her, and everyone said to his neighbor, "Who would despise this people, who have such women among them? Surely it is not good that one man of them be left who, being let go, might deceive the whole earth."
Judith 10:20
And those who lay near Holofernes went out, and all his servants and they brought her into the tent.
Judith 10:21
Now Holofernes rested upon his bed under a canopy, which was woven with purple, and gold, and emeralds, and precious stones.
Judith 10:22
So they showed him of her; and he came out before his tent with silver lamps going before him.
Judith 10:23
And when Judith had come before him and his servants, they all marveled at the beauty of her countenance; and she fell down upon her face, and did reverence to him; and his servants took her up.
Judith 11:1
Then Holofernes said to her, "Woman, be of good comfort, do not fear in your heart; for I never hurt any who were willing to serve Nebuchadrezzar, the king of all the earth.
Judith 11:2
Now therefore, if your people who dwells in the mountains had not set light by me, I would not have lifted up my spear against them; but they have done these things to themselves.
Judith 11:3
But now tell me why you have fled from them, and have come to us; for you have come for safeguard; be of good comfort, you will live this night, and hereafter;
Judith 11:4
For none will hurt you, but entreat you well, as they do the servants of king Nebuchadrezzar, my lord."
Judith 11:5
Then Judith said to him, "Receive the words of your servant, and let your handmaid speak in your presence, and I will declare no lie to my lord this night.
Judith 11:6
And if you will follow the words of your handmaid, God will bring the thing perfectly to pass by you; and my lord will not fail of his purposes.
Judith 11:7
As Nebuchadrezzar, king of all the earth lives, and as his power lives, who has sent you for the upholding of every living thing; for not only men will serve him by you, but also the beasts of the field, and the cattle, and the fowls of the air, will live by your power under Nebuchadrezzar and all his house.
Judith 11:8
For we have heard of your wisdom and your policies, and it is reported in all the earth, that you only are excellent in all the kingdom, and mighty in knowledge, and wonderful in feats of war.
Judith 11:9
Now as concerning the matter, which Achior spoke in your council, we have heard his words; for the men of Bethulia saved him, and he declared to them all that he had spoken to you.
Judith 11:10
Therefore, O lord and governor, do not respect his word; but lay it up in your heart, for it is true; for our nation will not be punished, neither can sword prevail against them, unless they sin against their God.
Judith 11:11
And now, that my lord not be defeated and frustrate of his purpose, even death has now fallen upon them, and their sin has overtaken them, wherewith they will provoke their God to anger whenever they will do that which is not fit to be done;
Judith 11:12
For their victuals fail them, and all their water is scant, and they have determined to lay hands upon their cattle, and purposed to consume all those things, that God has forbidden them to eat by His laws;
Judith 11:13
And are resolved to spend the firstfruits of the tenths of wine and oil, which they had sanctified, and reserved for the priests who serve in Jerusalem before the Face of our God; the which things it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands.
Judith 11:14
For they have sent some to Jerusalem, because those also who dwell there have done the like, to bring them a licence from the senate.
Judith 11:15
Now when they will bring them word, they will forthwith do it, and they will be given to you to be destroyed the same day.
Judith 11:16
Therefore, I, your handmaid, knowing all this, have fled from their presence; and God has sent me to work things with you, whereat all the earth will be astonished, and whoever will hear it.
Judith 11:17
For your servant is religious, and serves the God of heaven day and night; now therefore, my lord, I will remain with you, and your servant will go out by night into the valley, and I will pray to God, and He will tell me when they have committed their sins;
Judith 11:18
And I will come and show it to you; then you will go forth with all your army, and there will be none of those who will resist you.
Judith 11:19
And I will lead you through the midst of Judea, until you come before Jerusalem; and I will set your throne in the midst thereof; and you will drive them as sheep who have no shepherd, and a dog will not so much as open his mouth at you; for these things were told to me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared to me, and I am sent to tell you."
Judith 11:20
Then her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants; and they marveled at her wisdom, and said,
Judith 11:21
"There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the other, both for beauty of face, and wisdom of words."
Judith 11:22
Likewise Holofernes said to her. "God has done well to send you before the people, that strength might be in our hands and destruction upon those who lightly regard my lord.
Judith 11:23
And now you are both beautiful in your countenance, and witty in your words; surely if you do as you have spoken, your God will be my God, and you will dwell in the house of king Nebuchadrezzar, and will be renowned through the whole earth."
Judith 12:1
Then he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set; and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and that she should drink of his own wine.
Judith 12:2
And Judith said, "I will not eat thereof, unless there is an offence; but provision will be made for me of the things that I have brought."
Judith 12:3
Then Holofernes said to her, "If your provision should fail, how should we give you the like? For there are none with us of your nation."
Judith 12:4
Then Judith said to him, "As your soul lives, my lord, your handmaid will not spend those things that I have, before the Lord works by my hand the things that He has determined."
Judith 12:5
Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept until midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch,
Judith 12:6
And sent to Holofernes, saying, "Let my lord now command that your handmaid may go forth to prayer."
Judith 12:7
Then Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not forbid her; thus she abode in the camp for three days, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water by the camp.
Judith 12:8
And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.
Judith 12:9
So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she ate her meat at evening.
Judith 12:10
And in the fourth day, Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.
Judith 12:11
Then he said to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, "Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman who is with you, that she come to us, and eat and drink with us.
Judith 12:12
For, look, it will be a shame for our person, if we will let such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we do not draw her to us, she will laugh us to scorn."
Judith 12:13
Then Bagoas went from the presence of Holofernes, and came to her, and he said, "Do not let this fair damsel fear to come to my lord, and to be honored in his presence, and drink wine, and be merry with us and be made this day as one of the daughters of the Assyrians, who serve in the house of Nebuchadrezzar."
Judith 12:14
Then Judith said to him, "Who am I now, that I should deny my lord? Surely whatever pleases him, I will do speedily, and it will be my joy to the day of my death."
Judith 12:15
So she arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her woman's attire, and her maid went and laid soft skins on the ground for her over against Holofernes, which she had received of Bagoas for her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon them.
Judith 12:16
Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes, his heart, was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he greatly desired her company; for he waited a time to deceive her, from the day that he had seen her.
Judith 12:17
Then Holofernes said to her, "Drink now, and be merry with us."
Judith 12:18
So Judith said, "I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born."
Judith 12:19
Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared.
Judith 12:20
And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.
Judith 13:1
Now when the evening had come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent outside, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds; for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.
Judith 13:2
And Judith was left alone in the tent, and Holofernes lying alone upon his bed; for he was filled with wine.
Judith 13:3
Now Judith had commanded her maid to stand outside her bedchamber, and to wait for her. Coming forth, as she did daily; for she said she would go forth to her prayers, and she spoke to Bagoas according to the same purpose.
Judith 13:4
So all went forth and none were left in the bedchamber, neither little or great. Then Judith, standing by his bed, said in her heart, "O Lord God of all power, look at this present upon the works of my hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem.
Judith 13:5
For now is the time to help Your inheritance, and to execute Your enterprizes to the destruction of the enemies who have risen against us."
Judith 13:6
Then she came to the pillar of the bed, which was at Holofernes' head, and took down his fauchion from there,
Judith 13:7
And approached his bed, and took hold of the hair of his head, and said, "Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day."
Judith 13:8
And she struck twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him.
Judith 13:9
And tumbled his body down from the bed, and pulled down the canopy from the pillars; and shortly after, she went forth, and gave Holofernes, his head, to her maid;
Judith 13:10
And she put it in her bag of meat; so the two went together according to their custom to prayer; and when they passed the camp, they encompassed the valley, and went up the mountain of Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.
Judith 13:11
Then Judith said afar off, to the watchmen at the gate, "Open, open now the gate; God, even our God, is with us, to show His power yet in Jerusalem, and His forces against the enemy, as He has even done this day."
Judith 13:12
Now when the men of her city heard her voice, they made haste to go down to the gate of their city, and they called the elders of the city.
Judith 13:13
And then they ran all together, both small and great, for it was strange to them that she had come; so they opened the gate, and received them, and made a fire for a light, and stood round about them.
Judith 13:14
Then she said to them with a loud voice, "Praise, praise God, praise God, I say, for He has not taken away His mercy from the house of Israel, but has destroyed our enemies by my hands this night."
Judith 13:15
So she took the head out of the bag, and showed it, and said to them, "Behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, and behold the canopy, wherein he lied in his drunkenness; and the Lord has smitten him by the hand of a woman.
Judith 13:16
As the Lord lives, who has kept me in my way that I went, my countenance has deceived him to his destruction, and yet he has not committed sin with me, to defile and shame me."
Judith 13:17
Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed themselves and prostrated to God, and said with one accord, "Blessed are You, O our God, who, have this day, brought the enemies of Your people to nothing."
Judith 13:18
Then Ozias said to her, "O daughter, blessed are you of the Most High God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed is the Lord God, who has created the heavens and the earth, who has directed you to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
Judith 13:19
For your confidence will not depart from the heart of men, who remember the power of God forever.
Judith 13:20
And God [will] turn these things to you for a perpetual praise, to visit you in good things because you have not spared your life for the affliction of our nation, but have revenged our ruin, walking a straight way before our God." And all the people said; "So be it, so be it."
Judith 14:1
Then Judith said to them, "Hear me now, my brethren, and take this head, and hang it upon the highest place of your walls.
Judith 14:2
And so soon as the morning will appear, and the sun will come forth upon the earth, take, every one his weapons, and go forth, every valiant man out of the city, and set a captain over them, as though you would go down into the field toward the watch of the Assyrians; but do not go down.
Judith 14:3
Then they will take their armor, and will go into their camp, and raise up the captains of the army of Assur, and will run to the tent of Holofernes, but will not find him; then fear will fall upon them, and they will flee before your face.
Judith 14:4
So you, and all who inhabit the coast of Israel, will pursue them, and overthrow them as they go.
Judith 14:5
But before you do these things, call Achior the Ammonite to me, that he may see and know him who despised the house of Israel, and who sent him to us as it were to his death."
Judith 14:6
Then they called Achior out of the house of Ozias; and when he had come, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man's hand in the assembly of the people, he fell down on his face, and his spirit failed.
Judith 14:7
But when they had recovered him, he fell at Judith's feet, and reverenced her, and said, "Blessed are you in all the tabernacles of Judah, and in all nations, which, hearing your name, will be astonished.
Judith 14:8
Now therefore tell me all the things that you have done in these days." Then Judith declared to him in the midst of the people, all that she had done, from the day that she went forth until that hour she spoke to them.
Judith 14:9
And when she had left off speaking, the people shouted with a loud voice, and made a joyful noise in their city.
Judith 14:10
And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God greatly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined to the house of Israel to this day.
Judith 14:11
And as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of Holofernes upon the wall, and every man took his weapons, and they went forth by bands to the straits of the mountain.
Judith 14:12
But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, who came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.
Judith 14:13
So they came to Holofernes' tent, and said to him who had the charge of all his things, "Awake now our lord; for the slaves have been bold to come down against us to battle, that they may be utterly destroyed."
Judith 14:14
Then Bagoas went in, and knocked at the door of the tent; for he thought that he had slept with Judith.
Judith 14:15
But because none answered, he opened it, and went into the bedchamber, and found him cast upon the floor dead, and his head was taken from him.
Judith 14:16
Therefore he cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and sighing, and a mighty cry, and rent his garments.
Judith 14:17
After he went into the tent where Judith lodged; and when he did not find her, he leaped out to the people, and cried,
Judith 14:18
"These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews has brought shame upon the house of king Nebuchadrezzar; for, behold, Holofernes lies upon the ground without a head."
Judith 14:19
When the captains of the Assyrians' army heard these words, they rent their coats and their minds were wonderfully troubled, and there was a cry and a very great noise throughout the camp.
Judith 15:1
And when those who were in the tents heard, they were astonished at the thing that was done.
Judith 15:2
And fear and trembling fell upon them, so that there was no man who abode in the sight of his neighbor, but rushing out all together, they fled into every way of the plain, and of the hill country.
Judith 15:3
Those also who had camped in the mountains round about Bethulia fled away. Then the Children of Israel, everyone who was a warrior among them, rushed out upon them.
Judith 15:4
Then Ozias sent to Betomasthem, and to Bebai, and Chobai, and Cola and to all the coasts of Israel, such who should tell the things that were done, and that all should rush forth upon their enemies to destroy them.
Judith 15:5
Now when the Children of Israel heard it, they all fell upon them with one consent, and slew them to Chobai; likewise also those who came from Jerusalem, and from all the hill country, (for men had told them what things were done in the camp of their enemies) and those who were in Galaad, and in Galilee, chased them with a great slaughter, until they had past Damascus and the borders thereof.
Judith 15:6
And the residue that dwelt at Bethulia, fell upon the camp of Assur, and spoiled them, and were greatly enriched.
Judith 15:7
And the Children of Israel who returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, got many spoils; for the multitude was very great.
Judith 15:8
Then Joacim, the high priest, and the ancients of the Children of Israel who dwelt in Jerusalem, came to behold the good things that God had shown to Israel, and to see Judith, and to salute her.
Judith 15:9
And when they came to her, they blessed her with one accord, and said to her, "You are the exaltation of Jerusalem, you are the great glory of Israel, you are the great rejoicing of our nation;
Judith 15:10
You have done all these things by your hand; you have done much good to Israel, and God is pleased therewith; blessed are you of the Almighty Lord for evermore." And all the people said, "So be it."
Judith 15:11
And the people spoiled the camp the space of thirty days; and they gave to Judith, Holofernes his tent, and all his plate, and beds, and vessels, and all his stuff; and she took it and laid it on her mule; and readied her carts, and laid them thereon.
Judith 15:12
Then all the women of Israel ran together to see her, and blessed her, and made a dance among them for her; and she took branches in her hand, and gave also to the women who were with her.
Judith 15:13
And they put a garland of olive upon her and her maid who was with her, and she went before all the people in the dance, leading all the women; and all the men of Israel followed in their armor with garlands, and with songs in their mouths.
Judith 16:1
Then Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang this song of praise after her.
Judith 16:2
And Judith said, "Begin to my God with timbrels, sing to my Lord with cymbals; tune to Him a new psalm; exalt Him, and call upon His name.
Judith 16:3
For God breaks the battles; for among the camps in the midst of the people, He has delivered me out of the hands of those who persecuted me.
Judith 16:4
Assur came out of the mountains from the north, he came with ten thousands of his army, the multitude whereof stopped the torrents, and their horsemen have covered the hills.
Judith 16:5
He bragged that he would burn up my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, and dash the sucking children against the ground, and make my infants as a prey, and my virgins as a spoil.
Judith 16:6
But the Almighty Lord has disappointed them by the hand of a woman.
Judith 16:7
For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the sons of the Titans strike him, nor high giants set upon him; but Judith, the daughter of Merari, weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.
Judith 16:8
For she put off the garment of her widowhood for the exaltation of those who were oppressed in Israel, and anointed her face with ointment, and bound her hair in a mitre, and took a linen garment to deceive him.
Judith 16:9
Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty took his mind prisoner, and the fauchion passed through his neck.
Judith 16:10
The Persians quaked at her boldness, and the Medes were daunted at her hardiness.
Judith 16:11
Then my afflicted shouted for joy, and my weak ones cried aloud; but they were astonished; these lifted up their voices, but they were overthrown.
Judith 16:12
The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and wounded them as fugatives' children; they perished by the battle of the Lord.
Judith 16:13
I will sing to the Lord a new song; O Lord, You are great and glorious, wonderful in strength, and invincible.
Judith 16:14
Let all of creation serve You; for You spoke, and they were made, *2:117, *16:40, *36:82, *40:68 You sent forth Your Spirit, and it created them, and there are none that can oppose Your command.
Judith 16:15
For the mountains will be moved from their foundations with the waters, *Revelation 6:14, *18:47, *78:20, *81:3 the rocks will melt as wax at Your presence; *Book of Enoch 1:6, *Isaiah 34:2 - 3, *73:14 yet You are merciful to those who fear You.
Judith 16:16
For all sacrifice is too little for a sweet savor to You, and all the fat is not sufficient for Your burnt offering; but he who fears the Lord is great at all times.
Judith 16:17
Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! The Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the Day of Judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they will feel them, and weep forever."
Judith 16:18
Now as soon as they entered into Jerusalem, they prostrated to the Lord; and as soon as the people were purified, they offered their burnt offerings, and their free offerings, and their gifts.
Judith 16:19
Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken out of his bedchamber, for a gift to the Lord.
Judith 16:20
So the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for the space of three months and Judith remained with them.
Judith 16:21
After this time, everyone returned to his own inheritance, and Judith went to Bethulia, and remained in her own possession, and was in her time, honorable in all the country.
Judith 16:22
And many desired her, but none knew her all the days of her life, after Manasses her husband was dead, and was gathered to his people.
Judith 16:23
But she increased more and more in honor, and waxed old in her husband's house, being a hundred and five years old, and made her maid free; so she died in Bethulia; and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
Judith 16:24
And the house of Israel lamented her for seven days; and before she died, she distributed her goods to all those who were nearest of kindred to Manasses her husband, and to those who were the nearest of her kindred.