Judith 7:21-23

Common English Bible

²¹ Their reservoirs were nearly empty, and because drinking water was being rationed, on no day did anyone have enough to drink. ²² Their children were discouraged, and the women and young men fainted from thirst in the city streets, collapsing at the entrance to the gates. They had no strength left.

²³ Then all the people—the young men, the women, and the children—gathered around Uzziah and the rulers of the city. They cried out before all the elders with a loud voice, saying: