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Judith 4:15 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They had ashes on their turbans. They cried to the Lord with all their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel for good. "

Judith 4:15

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13 The Lord heard their voice, and looked at their affliction. The people continued fasting many days in all Judea and Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty.

14 And Joakim the high priest, and all the priests who stood before the Lord, and those who ministered to the Lord, had their loins dressed in sackcloth and offered the continual burnt offering, the vows, and the free gifts of the people.

15 They had ashes on their turbans. They cried to the Lord with all their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel for good.

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Judith 4:1

"The children of Israel who lived in Judea heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and how he had plundered all their temples and destroyed them utterly."

Judith 4:2

"They were exceedingly afraid at his approach, and were troubled for Jerusalem and for the temple of the Lord their God;"

Judith 4:3

"because they had newly come up from the captivity, and all the people of Judea were recently gathered together; and the vessels, the altar, and the house were sanctified after being profaned."

Judith 4:4

"And they sent into every coast of Samaria, to Konae, to Beth-horon, Belmaim, Jericho, to Choba, Aesora, and to the valley of Salem;"

Judith 4:5

"and they occupied beforehand all the tops of the high mountains, fortified the villages that were in them, and stored supplies for the provision of war, for their fields were newly reaped."

Judith 4:6

"Joakim the high priest, who was in those days at Jerusalem, wrote to those who lived in Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which is opposite Esdraelon toward the plain that is near to Dothaim,"

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