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come before Jerusalem; and I will set thy throne in the midst
thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no
shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee:
for these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and
they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee.

Jdt 11:20
Then her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants; and
they marvelled at her wisdom, and said,

Jdt 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.

Jdt 11:22
Likewise Holofernes said unto her. God hath done well to send
thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands and
destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord.

Jdt 11:23
And now thou art both beautiful in thy countenance, and witty
in thy words: surely if thou do as thou hast spoken thy God
shall be my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of king
Nabuchodonosor, and shalt be renowned through the whole earth.

Jdt 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.

Jdt 12:2
And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an
offence: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I
have brought.

Jdt 12:3
Then Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail,
how should we give thee the like? for there be none with us of
thy nation.

Jdt 12:4
Then said Judith unto him As thy soul liveth, my lord, thine
handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the
Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined.

Jdt 12:5
Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent,
and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward
the morning watch,

Jdt 12:6
And sent to Holofernes, saving, Let my lord now command that
thine handmaid may go forth unto prayer.

Jdt 12:7
Then Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not stay
her: thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the
night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a
fountain of water by the camp.

Jdt 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.

Jdt 12:9
So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did
eat her meat at evening.

Jdt 12:10
And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his ow