Judith 8:20-22

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁰ But we know no other god but him, and therefore we hope that he will not disdain us or any of our nation. ²¹ For if we are captured all Judea will be captured and our sanctuary will be plundered; and he will exact of us^[a] the penalty for its desecration. ²² And the slaughter of our brethren and the captivity of the land and the desolation of our inheritance—all this he will bring upon our heads among the Gentiles, wherever we serve as slaves; and we shall be an offense and a reproach in the eyes of those who acquire us.