Judith 6:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Achior Handed over to the Israelites

6 When the disturbance made by the people outside the council had died down, Holofernes, the commander of the Assyrian army, said to Achior^[a] in the presence of all the foreign contingents:

² “Who are you, Achior and you mercenaries of Ephraim, to prophesy among us as you have done today and tell us not to make war against the people of Israel because their God will defend them? What god is there except Nebuchadnezzar? He will send his forces and destroy them from the face of the earth. Their God will not save them; ³ we the king’s^[b] servants will destroy them as one man. They cannot resist the might of our cavalry.