Judith 8:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ she dispatched her maid who was in charge of all her possessions to ask Uzziah, Chabris, and Charmis, the elders of the city, to visit her. ¹¹ When they arrived, she said to them:

“Listen to me, rulers of the people of Bethulia. You were wrong to speak to the people as you did today, binding yourself by an oath between God and you, vowing to hand over the town to our enemies at the end of five days unless the Lord comes to our aid by that time. ¹² What right do you have to put God to the test this day, and to set yourselves above him in the disposal of human affairs? Read full chapter