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Re: JUDITH
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 12:31 pm
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Judith 11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
11 Then Holofernes said to her, “Take courage, woman, and do not
be afraid in your heart, for I have never hurt anyone who chose
to serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of all the earth. 2 Even now, if
your people who live in the hill country had not slighted me, I
would never have lifted my spear against them. They have brought
this on themselves. 3 But now tell me why you have fled from
them and have come over to us. In any event, you have come to
safety. Take courage! You will live tonight and ever after. 4 No
one will hurt you. Rather, all will treat you well, as they do
the servants of my lord King Nebuchadnezzar.”
Judith Explains Her Presence
5 Judith answered him, “Accept the words of your slave, and let
your servant speak in your presence. I will say nothing false to
my lord this night. 6 If you follow out the words of your
servant, God will accomplish something through you, and my lord
will not fail to achieve his purposes. 7 By the life of
Nebuchadnezzar, king of the whole earth, and by the power of him
who has sent you to direct every living being! Not only do human
beings serve him because of you, but also the animals of the
field and the cattle and the birds of the air will live, because
of your power, under Nebuchadnezzar and all his house. 8 For we
have heard of your wisdom and skill, and it is reported
throughout the whole world that you alone are the best in the
whole kingdom, the most informed and the most astounding in
military strategy.
9 “Now as for Achior’s speech in your council, we have heard his
words, for the people of Bethulia spared him and he told them
all he had said to you. 10 Therefore, lord and master, do not
disregard what he said, but keep it in your mind, for it is
true. Indeed our nation cannot be punished, nor can the sword
prevail against them, unless they sin against their God.
11 “But now, in order that my lord may not be defeated and his
purpose frustrated, death will fall upon them, for a sin has
overtaken them by which they are about to provoke their God to
anger when they do what is wrong. 12 Since their food supply is
exhausted and their water has almost given out, they have
planned to kill their livestock and have determined to use all
that God by his laws has forbidden them to eat. 13 They have
decided to consume the first fruits of the grain and the tithes
of the wine and oil, which they had consecrated and set aside
for the priests who minister in the presence of our God in
Jerusalem—things it is not lawful for any of the people even to
touch with their hands. 14 Since even the people in Jerusalem
have been doing this, they have sent messengers there in order
to bring back permission from the council of the elders. 15 When
the response reaches them and they act upon it, on that very day
they will be handed over to you to be destroyed.
16 “So when I, your slave, learned all this, I fled from them.
God has sent me to accomplish with you things that will astonish
the whole world wherever people shall hear about them. 17 Your
servant is indeed God-fearing and serves the God of heaven night
and day. So, my lord, I will remain with you; but every night
your servant will go out into the valley and pray to God. He
will tell me when they have committed their sins. 18 Then I will
come and tell you, so that you may go out with your whole army,
and not one of them will be able to withstand you. 19 Then I
will lead you through Judea, until you come to Jerusalem; there
I will set your throne.[a] You will drive them like sheep that
have no shepherd, and no dog will so much as growl at you. For
this was told me to give me foreknowledge; it was announced to
me, and I was sent to tell you.”
20 Her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants. They
marveled at her wisdom and said, 21 “No other woman from one end
of the earth to the other looks so beautiful or speaks so
wisely!” 22 Then Holofernes said to her, “God has done well to
send you ahead of the people, to strengthen our hands and bring
destruction on those who have despised my lord. 23 You are not
only beautiful in appearance, but wise in speech. If you do as
you have said, your God shall be my God, and you shall live in
the palace of King Nebuchadnezzar and be renowned throughout the
whole world.”
Footnotes:
Judith 11:19 Or chariot
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Re: JUDITH
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 12:32 pm
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Judith 12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Judith as a Guest of Holofernes
12 Then he commanded them to bring her in where his silver
dinnerware was kept, and ordered them to set a table for her
with some of his own delicacies, and with some of his own wine
to drink. 2 But Judith said, “I cannot partake of them, or it
will be an offense; but I will have enough with the things I
brought with me.” 3 Holofernes said to her, “If your supply runs
out, where can we get you more of the same? For none of your
people are here with us.” 4 Judith replied, “As surely as you
live, my lord, your servant will not use up the supplies I have
with me before the Lord carries out by my hand what he has
determined.”
5 Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and
she slept until midnight. Toward the morning watch she got up 6
and sent this message to Holofernes: “Let my lord now give
orders to allow your servant to go out and pray.” 7 So
Holofernes commanded his guards not to hinder her. She remained
in the camp three days. She went out each night to the valley of
Bethulia, and bathed at the spring in the camp.[a] 8 After
bathing, she prayed the Lord God of Israel to direct her way for
the triumph of his[b] people. 9 Then she returned purified and
stayed in the tent until she ate her food toward evening.
Judith Attends Holofernes’ Banquet
10 On the fourth day Holofernes held a banquet for his personal
attendants only, and did not invite any of his officers. 11 He
said to Bagoas, the eunuch who had charge of his personal
affairs, “Go and persuade the Hebrew woman who is in your care
to join us and to eat and drink with us. 12 For it would be a
disgrace if we let such a woman go without having intercourse
with her. If we do not seduce her, she will laugh at us.”
13 So Bagoas left the presence of Holofernes, and approached her
and said, “Let this pretty girl not hesitate to come to my lord
to be honored in his presence, and to enjoy drinking wine with
us, and to become today like one of the Assyrian women who serve
in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar.” 14 Judith replied, “Who am I
to refuse my lord? Whatever pleases him I will do at once, and
it will be a joy to me until the day of my death.” 15 So she
proceeded to dress herself in all her woman’s finery. Her maid
went ahead and spread for her on the ground before Holofernes
the lambskins she had received from Bagoas for her daily use in
reclining.
16 Then Judith came in and lay down. Holofernes’ heart was
ravished with her and his passion was aroused, for he had been
waiting for an opportunity to seduce her from the day he first
saw her. 17 So Holofernes said to her, “Have a drink and be
merry with us!” 18 Judith said, “I will gladly drink, my lord,
because today is the greatest day in my whole life.” 19 Then she
took what her maid had prepared and ate and drank before him. 20
Holofernes was greatly pleased with her, and drank a great
quantity of wine, much more than he had ever drunk in any one
day since he was born.
Footnotes:
Judith 12:7 Other ancient authorities lack in the camp
Judith 12:8 Other ancient authorities read her
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Re: JUDITH
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 12:33 pm
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Judith 13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Judith Beheads Holofernes
13 When evening came, his slaves quickly withdrew. Bagoas closed
the tent from outside and shut out the attendants from his
master’s presence. They went to bed, for they all were weary
because the banquet had lasted so long. 2 But Judith was left
alone in the tent, with Holofernes stretched out on his bed, for
he was dead drunk.
3 Now Judith had told her maid to stand outside the bedchamber
and to wait for her to come out, as she did on the other days;
for she said she would be going out for her prayers. She had
said the same thing to Bagoas. 4 So everyone went out, and no
one, either small or great, was left in the bedchamber. Then
Judith, standing beside his bed, said in her heart, “O Lord God
of all might, look in this hour on the work of my hands for the
exaltation of Jerusalem. 5 Now indeed is the time to help your
heritage and to carry out my design to destroy the enemies who
have risen up against us.”
6 She went up to the bedpost near Holofernes’ head, and took
down his sword that hung there. 7 She came close to his bed,
took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Give me strength
today, O Lord God of Israel!” 8 Then she struck his neck twice
with all her might, and cut off his head. 9 Next she rolled his
body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts. Soon
afterward she went out and gave Holofernes’ head to her maid, 10
who placed it in her food bag.
Judith Returns to Bethulia
Then the two of them went out together, as they were accustomed
to do for prayer. They passed through the camp, circled around
the valley, and went up the mountain to Bethulia, and came to
its gates. 11 From a distance Judith called out to the sentries
at the gates, “Open, open the gate! God, our God, is with us,
still showing his power in Israel and his strength against our
enemies, as he has done today!”
12 When the people of her town heard her voice, they hurried
down to the town gate and summoned the elders of the town. 13
They all ran together, both small and great, for it seemed
unbelievable that she had returned. They opened the gate and
welcomed them. Then they lit a fire to give light, and gathered
around them. 14 Then she said to them with a loud voice, “Praise
God, O praise him! Praise God, who has not withdrawn his mercy
from the house of Israel, but has destroyed our enemies by my
hand this very night!”
15 Then she pulled the head out of the bag and showed it to
them, and said, “See here, the head of Holofernes, the commander
of the Assyrian army, and here is the canopy beneath which he
lay in his drunken stupor. The Lord has struck him down by the
hand of a woman. 16 As the Lord lives, who has protected me in
the way I went, I swear that it was my face that seduced him to
his destruction, and that he committed no sin with me, to defile
and shame me.”
17 All the people were greatly astonished. They bowed down and
worshiped God, and said with one accord, “Blessed are you our
God, who have this day humiliated the enemies of your people.”
18 Then Uzziah said to her, “O daughter, you are blessed by the
Most High God above all other women on earth; and blessed be the
Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who has guided
you to cut off the head of the leader of our enemies. 19 Your
praise[a] will never depart from the hearts of those who
remember the power of God. 20 May God grant this to be a
perpetual honor to you, and may he reward you with blessings,
because you risked your own life when our nation was brought
low, and you averted our ruin, walking in the straight path
before our God.” And all the people said, “Amen. Amen.”
Footnotes:
Judith 13:19 Other ancient authorities read hope
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Re: JUDITH
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 12:33 pm
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Judith 14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Judith’s Counsel
14 Then Judith said to them, “Listen to me, my friends. Take
this head and hang it upon the parapet of your wall. 2 As soon
as day breaks and the sun rises on the earth, each of you take
up your weapons, and let every able-bodied man go out of the
town; set a captain over them, as if you were going down to the
plain against the Assyrian outpost; only do not go down. 3 Then
they will seize their arms and go into the camp and rouse the
officers of the Assyrian army. They will rush into the tent of
Holofernes and will not find him. Then panic will come over
them, and they will flee before you. 4 Then you and all who live
within the borders of Israel will pursue them and cut them down
in their tracks. 5 But before you do all this, bring Achior the
Ammonite to me so that he may see and recognize the man who
despised the house of Israel and sent him to us as if to his
death.”
6 So they summoned Achior from the house of Uzziah. When he came
and saw the head of Holofernes in the hand of one of the men in
the assembly of the people, he fell down on his face in a faint.
7 When they raised him up he threw himself at Judith’s feet, and
did obeisance to her, and said, “Blessed are you in every tent
of Judah! In every nation those who hear your name will be
alarmed. 8 Now tell me what you have done during these days.”
So Judith told him in the presence of the people all that she
had done, from the day she left until the moment she began
speaking to them. 9 When she had finished, the people raised a
great shout and made a joyful noise in their town. 10 When
Achior saw all that the God of Israel had done, he believed
firmly in God. So he was circumcised, and joined the house of
Israel, remaining so to this day.
Holofernes’ Death Is Discovered
11 As soon as it was dawn they hung the head of Holofernes on
the wall. Then they all took their weapons, and they went out in
companies to the mountain passes. 12 When the Assyrians saw them
they sent word to their commanders, who then went to the
generals and the captains and to all their other officers. 13
They came to Holofernes’ tent and said to the steward in charge
of all his personal affairs, “Wake up our lord, for the slaves
have been so bold as to come down against us to give battle, to
their utter destruction.”
14 So Bagoas went in and knocked at the entry of the tent, for
he supposed that he was sleeping with Judith. 15 But when no one
answered, he opened it and went into the bedchamber and found
him sprawled on the floor dead, with his head missing. 16 He
cried out with a loud voice and wept and groaned and shouted,
and tore his clothes. 17 Then he went to the tent where Judith
had stayed, and when he did not find her, he rushed out to the
people and shouted, 18 “The slaves have tricked us! One Hebrew
woman has brought disgrace on the house of King Nebuchadnezzar.
Look, Holofernes is lying on the ground, and his head is
missing!”
19 When the leaders of the Assyrian army heard this, they tore
their tunics and were greatly dismayed, and their loud cries and
shouts rose up throughout the camp.
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Re: JUDITH
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 12:34 pm
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Judith 15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Assyrians Flee in Panic
15 When the men in the tents heard it, they were amazed at what
had happened. 2 Overcome with fear and trembling, they did not
wait for one another, but with one impulse all rushed out and
fled by every path across the plain and through the hill
country. 3 Those who had camped in the hills around Bethulia
also took to flight. Then the Israelites, everyone that was a
soldier, rushed out upon them. 4 Uzziah sent men to
Betomasthaim[a] and Choba and Kola, and to all the frontiers of
Israel, to tell what had taken place and to urge all to rush out
upon the enemy to destroy them. 5 When the Israelites heard it,
with one accord they fell upon the enemy,[b] and cut them down
as far as Choba. Those in Jerusalem and all the hill country
also came, for they were told what had happened in the camp of
the enemy. The men in Gilead and in Galilee outflanked them with
great slaughter, even beyond Damascus and its borders. 6 The
rest of the people of Bethulia fell upon the Assyrian camp and
plundered it, acquiring great riches. 7 And the Israelites, when
they returned from the slaughter, took possession of what
remained. Even the villages and towns in the hill country and in
the plain got a great amount of booty, since there was a vast
quantity of it.
The Israelites Celebrate Their Victory
8 Then the high priest Joakim and the elders of the Israelites
who lived in Jerusalem came to witness the good things that the
Lord had done for Israel, and to see Judith and to wish her
well. 9 When they met her, they all blessed her with one accord
and said to her, “You are the glory of Jerusalem, you are the
great boast of Israel, you are the great pride of our nation! 10
You have done all this with your own hand; you have done great
good to Israel, and God is well pleased with it. May the
Almighty Lord bless you forever!” And all the people said,
“Amen.”
11 All the people plundered the camp for thirty days. They gave
Judith the tent of Holofernes and all his silver dinnerware, his
beds, his bowls, and all his furniture. She took them and loaded
her mules and hitched up her carts and piled the things on them.
12 All the women of Israel gathered to see her, and blessed her,
and some of them performed a dance in her honor. She took
ivy-wreathed wands in her hands and distributed them to the
women who were with her; 13 and she and those who were with her
crowned themselves with olive wreaths. She went before all the
people in the dance, leading all the women, while all the men of
Israel followed, bearing their arms and wearing garlands and
singing hymns.
Judith Offers Her Hymn of Praise
14 Judith began this thanksgiving before all Israel, and all the
people loudly sang this song of praise.
Footnotes:
Judith 15:4 Other ancient authorities add and Bebai
Judith 15:5 Gk them
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Re: JUDITH
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 12:35 pm
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Judith 16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 1 And Judith said,
Begin a song to my God with tambourines,
sing to my Lord with cymbals.
Raise to him a new psalm;[a]
exalt him, and call upon his name.
2 For the Lord is a God who crushes wars;
he sets up his camp among his people;
he delivered me from the hands of my pursuers.
3 The Assyrian came down from the mountains of the north;
he came with myriads of his warriors;
their numbers blocked up the wadis,
and their cavalry covered the hills.
4 He boasted that he would burn up my territory,
and kill my young men with the sword,
and dash my infants to the ground,
and seize my children as booty,
and take my virgins as spoil.
5 But the Lord Almighty has foiled them
by the hand of a woman.[b]
6 For their mighty one did not fall by the hands of the young
men,
nor did the sons of the Titans strike him down,
nor did tall giants set upon him;
but Judith daughter of Merari
with the beauty of her countenance undid him.
7 For she put away her widow’s clothing
to exalt the oppressed in Israel.
She anointed her face with perfume;
8 she fastened her hair with a tiara
and put on a linen gown to beguile him.
9 Her sandal ravished his eyes,
her beauty captivated his mind,
and the sword severed his neck!
10 The Persians trembled at her boldness,
the Medes were daunted at her daring.
11 Then my oppressed people shouted;
my weak people cried out,[c] and the enemy[d] trembled;
they lifted up their voices, and the enemy[e] were turned
back.
12 Sons of slave-girls pierced them through
and wounded them like the children of fugitives;
they perished before the army of my Lord.
13 I will sing to my God a new song:
O Lord, you are great and glorious,
wonderful in strength, invincible.
14 Let all your creatures serve you,
for you spoke, and they were made.
You sent forth your spirit,[f] and it formed them;[g]
there is none that can resist your voice.
15 For the mountains shall be shaken to their foundations with
the waters;
before your glance the rocks shall melt like wax.
But to those who fear you
you show mercy.
16 For every sacrifice as a fragrant offering is a small thing,
and the fat of all whole burnt offerings to you is a very
little thing;
but whoever fears the Lord is great forever.
17 Woe to the nations that rise up against my people!
The Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of
judgment;
he will send fire and worms into their flesh;
they shall weep in pain forever.
18 When they arrived at Jerusalem, they worshiped God. As soon
as the people were purified, they offered their burnt offerings,
their freewill offerings, and their gifts. 19 Judith also
dedicated to God all the possessions of Holofernes, which the
people had given her; and the canopy that she had taken for
herself from his bedchamber she gave as a votive offering. 20
For three months the people continued feasting in Jerusalem
before the sanctuary, and Judith remained with them.
The Renown and Death of Judith
21 After this they all returned home to their own inheritances.
Judith went to Bethulia, and remained on her estate. For the
rest of her life she was honored throughout the whole country.
22 Many desired to marry her, but she gave herself to no man all
the days of her life after her husband Manasseh died and was
gathered to his people. 23 She became more and more famous, and
grew old in her husband’s house, reaching the age of one hundred
five. She set her maid free. She died in Bethulia, and they
buried her in the cave of her husband Manasseh; 24 and the house
of Israel mourned her for seven days. Before she died she
distributed her property to all those who were next of kin to
her husband Manasseh, and to her own nearest kindred. 25 No one
ever again spread terror among the Israelites during the
lifetime of Judith, or for a long time after her death.
Footnotes:
Judith 16:1 Other ancient authorities read a psalm and praise
Judith 16:5 Other ancient authorities add he has confounded them
Judith 16:11 Other ancient authorities read feared
Judith 16:11 Gk they
Judith 16:11 Gk they
Judith 16:14 Or breath
Judith 16:14 Other ancient authorities read they were created
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Re: THE BOOK OF JUDITH
By: patrick jane Date: August 22, 2020, 10:55 pm
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