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And Ozias, that was the Israelites’ commander, said to her, Blessing be thine, my daughter, from the Lord God, the most high, such as no other woman on earth can claim! (Judith 13, 23)
Hang we this head from the battlements, Judith said to the people; and now, brethren, here is my plan. (Judith 14, 1)
never was such a cry as went up then from the heart of the Assyrian camp. (Judith 14, 18)
None might say a word to his neighbour, none might lift his head; they left all behind, and hastened to make good their escape from the rumoured onslaught of the Hebrews, some taking the roads across the plain, some the mountain tracks. (Judith 15, 2)
When the victorious army returned, with the spoils taken from their enemies, there was no counting the cattle and the pack-beasts and the plunder of all sorts; none, high or low, but was enriched with the booty. (Judith 15, 8)
Came the Assyrian from the northern hills in his great strength, the valleys choked with his marching columns, the mountain glens black with his horses; (Judith 16, 5)
Slaves, did they call us? But we gave them cold steel; cut them down where, like slaves, they ran; one glance from the Lord our God, and the battle was lost. (Judith 16, 14)
Let all thy creatures do thee service; were they not made at thy word, fashioned by a breath from thee? When thou commandest, none but must obey. (Judith 16, 17)
Rain-swept, the mountains quake from their depths, the rocks melt like wax at thy coming. (Judith 16, 18)
And now, their victory won, all went to Jerusalem to worship the Lord there; once they were cleansed of defilement, burnt-sacrifice was done, vow and promise were paid by all alike. (Judith 16, 22)
As for Judith, she kept none of Holofernes’ spoil, that the people had given her, nor the canopy she had carried off from his banqueting-room, for herself; she offered them up as a thing forfeit.✻ (Judith 16, 23)
In the Hebrew calendar, a day of rejoicing commemorates her victory; in such honour have the Jews held it from that day to this. (Judith 16, 31)
