Judith 5:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ “As long as they did not sin before their God, they enjoyed prosperity, for their God who loathes wickedness was with them. ¹⁸ However, whenever they strayed from the path he had prescribed for them, they suffered tremendous losses in many battles and were led away as captives to foreign countries. The temple of their God was razed to the ground, and their towns were occupied by their enemies. ¹⁹ But now that they have returned to their God, they have come back from the lands where they had been scattered, have again taken possession of Jerusalem where their temple is located, and have settled in the mountain region that was uninhabited.