Judith 6:2-4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

² “And who are you, Ach′ior, and you hirelings of E′phraim, to prophesy among us as you have done today and tell us not to make war against the people of Israel because their God will defend them? Who is God except Nebuchadnez′zar? ³ He will send his forces and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God will not deliver them—we the king’s^[a] servants will destroy them as one man. They cannot resist the might of our cavalry. ⁴ We will burn them up,^[b] and their mountains will be drunk with their blood, and their fields will be full of their dead. They^[c] cannot withstand us, but will utterly perish. So says King Nebuchadnez′zar, the lord of the whole earth. For he has spoken; none of his words shall be in vain.