Judith 11:17-19
New Catholic Bible
17 [a]I, your servant, am a God-fearing woman, and I worship the God of heaven night and day. Now, my lord, I ask your authorization to remain with you. Every night your servant will go out into the valley and pray to God. He will reveal to me when they have committed their sinful acts. 18 Then I will come and let you know, so that you may go out with your whole army, and none of them will be able to withstand you. 19 I will guide you through Judea until you reach Jerusalem, and there I will set up your throne in the very center of the city. You will drive them as if they were sheep without a shepherd, and not even a dog will dare to growl at you. I have been granted foreknowledge of this; it was revealed to me, and I have been sent to proclaim it to you.”
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- Judith 11:17 Judith takes advantage of the idea of the pagans who believed in divine communications given as oracles in determinate places almost always at night, and says that she is going to receive the orders of her God outside the camp. She does this so as to have ease of flight once Holofernes is slain (see Jud 13:10).
