Judith 4:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Israel at Prayer. 9 All the men of Israel cried to God with great fervor and humbled themselves. 10 They, along with their wives, and children, and domestic animals, every resident alien, hired worker, and purchased slave, girded themselves with sackcloth.[a](A) 11 And all the Israelite men, women, and children who lived in Jerusalem fell prostrate in front of the temple[b](B) and sprinkled ashes on their heads, spreading out their sackcloth before the Lord.(C)
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