Judith 7:30-32

New Catholic Bible

³⁰ In response, Uzziah said to them: “Have courage, my people! Let us continue to hold out for five more days. By that time the Lord, our God will show his mercy toward us. He will not abandon us completely. ³¹ At the end of that period, if no help has reached us, I will do as you say.”^{[a] 32} Then he dismissed the men to their posts, and they returned to the walls and towers of their town. The women and children were sent to their homes. Throughout the town there was a sense of impending doom.