es.
Jdt 5:12
Then they cried unto their God, and he smote all the land of
Egypt with incurable plagues: so the Egyptians cast them out of
their sight.
Jdt 5:13
And God dried the Red sea before them,
Jdt 5:14
And brought them to mount Sina, and Cades-Barne, and cast
forth all that dwelt in the wilderness.
Jdt 5:15
So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed
by their strength all them of Esebon, and passing over Jordan
they possessed all the hill country.
Jdt 5:16
And they cast forth before them the Chanaanite, the
Pherezite, the Jebusite, and the Sychemite, and all the
Gergesites, and they dwelt in that country many days.
Jdt 5:17
And whilst they sinned not before their God, they prospered,
because the God that hateth iniquity was with them.
Jdt 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 their's, and the temple of
their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by
the enemies.
Jdt 5:19
But now are they returned to their God, and are 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.
Jdt 5:20
Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error
against this people, and they sin against their God, let us
consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we
shall overcome them.
Jdt 5:21
But if there be no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now
pass by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them,
and we become a reproach before all the world.
Jdt 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 that dwelt by the sea side, and in Moab,
spake that he should kill him.
Jdt 5:23
For, say they, we will not be afraid of the face of the
children of Israel: for, lo, it is a people that have no
strength nor power for a strong battle
Jdt 5:24
Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall
be a prey to be devoured of all thine army.
Jdt 6:1
And when the tumult of men that were about the council was
ceased, Holofernes the chief captain of the army of Assur said
unto Achior and all the Moabites before all the company of other
nations,
Jdt 6:2
And who art thou, Achior, and the hirelings of
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