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Judith 2:7-9
New Catholic Bible
Judith 2:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 Advise them to have earth and water ready,[a] for I am moving against them in my wrath and I will cover the entire extent of their territory with the feet of my soldiers, to whom I will deliver them to be plundered. 8 Their wounded will fill their ravines and wadis, and all of their rivers will be choked to overflowing with their dead. 9 I will send them away as exiles to the ends of the earth.
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- Judith 2:7 To have earth and water ready: a Persian way of speaking to indicate the provisions for troops that were moving through a country. In general, as we know from Greek historians, the Persians sought submission by pretending to offer earth and water.
