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The God of our fathers, they told him, will give thee thy reward. Thou hast been the herald of his great deeds, and thou shalt live to see the downfall of thy enemies. (Judith 6, 17)
all the elders, too, were bidden, and together they refreshed themselves, now the fast was over. (Judith 6, 20)
Face to earth the men of Israel bowed down, and threw dust on their heads, as they saw the enemy’s numbers, beseeching God with one accord to grant his people deliverance; (Judith 7, 4)
A few springs remained, not far from the wall, from which they still drew water, enough to revive their spirits but scarce enough to quench their thirst. This they did by stealth, but not unobserved; (Judith 7, 7)
We adjure you by heaven and earth, and by the God of our fathers, who now takes such vengeance on us for our sins, to surrender the town to Holofernes’ army. If we must die, let it be a swift death at the sword’s point, not a lingering death from this parching thirst. (Judith 7, 17)
We have taken part in our fathers’ sins; we are guilty men, rebels against thee. (Judith 7, 19)
he must needs be hurrying his men on as they bound the sheaves on his farm, while the sun beat fierce on his head, and of that stroke he died, and was laid to rest with his fathers, there in his native town of Bethulia. (Judith 8, 3)
wearing sackcloth about her waist and keeping fast continually, save on the sabbath and the new moon and what other holidays were observed in Israel. (Judith 8, 6)
She was a woman very fair to see, and her husband had left her great wealth, a full household, and lands well stocked with cattle and sheep; (Judith 8, 7)
It is something that we have not followed the evil example of our forefathers, who forsook their own God and worshipped alien gods instead, (Judith 8, 18)
You, brethren, are among the elders of the people; their lives are in your charge. Yours to hearten them, by reminding them what trials our fathers underwent, to shew whether they were God’s worshippers indeed; (Judith 8, 21)
how Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and all who won God’s favour, must be loyal to him under great affliction first. (Judith 8, 23)
