Judith 5:21-23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 But if they are not a guilty nation, then let my lord keep his distance; otherwise their Lord and God will shield them, and we will be mocked in the eyes of all the earth.”
22 Now when Achior had finished saying these things, all the people standing round about the tent murmured; and the officers of Holofernes and all the inhabitants of the seacoast and of Moab alike said he should be cut to pieces. 23 (A)“We are not afraid of the Israelites,” they said, “for they are a powerless people, incapable of a strong defense.
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