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Therefore let us wait for salvation of him, and call upon him to help us, and he will hear our
voice, if it please him.
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For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days neither tribe, nor family,
nor people, nor city among us, which worship gods made with hands, as hath been aforetime.
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For the which cause our fathers were given to the sword, and for a spoil, and had a great fall
before our enemies.
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But we know none other god, therefore we trust that he will not dispise us, nor any of our
nation.
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For if we be taken so, all Judea shall lie waste, and our sanctuary shall be spoiled; and he will
require the profanation thereof at our mouth.
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And the slaughter of our brethren, and the captivity of the country, and the desolation of our
inheritance, will he turn upon our heads among the Gentiles, wheresoever we shall be in bondage;
and we shall be an offence and a reproach to all them that possess us.
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For our servitude shall not be directed to favour: but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonour.
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Now therefore, O brethren, let us shew an example to our brethren, because their hearts depend
upon us, and the sanctuary, and the house, and the altar, rest upon us.
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Moreover let us give thanks to the Lord our God, which trieth us, even as he did our fathers.
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Remember what things he did to Abraham, and how he tried Isaac, and what happened to
Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.
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For he hath not tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither
hath he taken vengeance on us: but the Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him, to admonish
them.
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Then said Ozias to her, All that thou hast spoken hast thou spoken with a good heart, and
there is none that may gainsay thy words.
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For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of thy
days all the people have known thy understanding, because the disposition of thine heart is good.
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But the people were very thirsty, and compelled us to do unto them as we have spoken, and
to bring an oath upon ourselves, which we will not break.
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Therefore now pray thou for us, because thou art a godly woman, and the Lord will send us
rain to fill our cisterns, and we shall faint no more.
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Then said Judith unto them, Hear me, and I will do a thing, which shall go throughout all
generations to the children of our nation.
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Ye shall stand this night in the gate, and I will go forth with my waitingwoman: and within
the days that ye have promised to deliver the city to our enemies the Lord will visit Israel by mine
hand.
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But enquire not ye of mine act: for I will not declare it unto you, till the things be finished
that I do.
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