Judith 7:26-28

Good News Translation

     ²⁶ Call the Assyrians now and surrender to them, and let Holofernes and his army take the town and loot it. ²⁷ We are better off as prisoners of war. They will make us slaves, but at least we will be alive, and we won't have to watch our wives and children dying before our eyes. ²⁸ Heaven and earth are witnesses against you, and so is our God, the Lord of our ancestors, who is punishing us for their sins as well as ours. We can only hope and pray that he will not let these terrible things happen to us today.
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