Judith 16:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴ Down from the mountains of the north came the Assyrians,
    with their tens of thousands of soldiers.
Their troops blocked the rivers in the valleys;
    their cavalry covered the mountains.
⁵ They threatened to set fire to our country,
    slaughter our young men,
    dash our babies to the ground,
    take our children away as captives,
    and carry off all our young women.
⁶ But the Lord Almighty tricked them;
    he used a woman to stop them.