Judith 7:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ They and their wives and children will waste away with hunger, and even before the sword strikes them their corpses will be strewn in the streets of their town. ¹⁵ In this way you will make them pay dearly for their defiance and their refusal to receive you peacefully.”

¹⁶ Their words pleased Holofernes and all his attendants, and he gave orders for their proposal to be carried out.