Judith 7:28-30

New Catholic Bible

²⁸ By heaven and earth, and by our God, the Lord of our ancestors, who is punishing us for our own sins and those of our ancestors, we adjure you to do this very day what we have proposed.”

²⁹ The entire assembly then wailed bitter lamentations and called on the Lord God with loud cries. ³⁰ In response, Uzziah said to them: “Have courage, my people! Let us continue to hold out for five more days. By that time the Lord, our God will show his mercy toward us. He will not abandon us completely.