Catholic Public Domain Version

Judith 16:18-29 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

18. The mountains will be moved from the foundations by the waters. The rocks, like wax, will liquefy before your face.

19. But those who fear you will be great with you, throughout all things.

20. Woe to the people that rises up against my people. For the Lord almighty will be vindicated against them; in the day of judgment, he will visit them.

21. For he will bestow fire and worms on their flesh, so that they may burn and have sensations without ceasing."

22. And it happened that, after these things, all the people came to Jerusalem after the victory, to adore the Lord. And as soon as they were purified, they all offered holocausts, and vows, and their promises.

23. Moreover, Judith offered all the implements of war from Holofernes, which the people gave to her, and the canopy that she had taken away from his chamber, as an anathema unto oblivion.

24. But the people were cheerful before the face of the sanctuary, and for three months the gladness of this victory was celebrated with Judith.

25. And after those days, each one returned to his own house, and Judith became great in Bethulia, and she had great splendor in all the land of Israel.

26. For chastity was one with her virtue, so that she did not know man all the days of her life, after the passing away of her husband, Manasseh.

27. And then, on feast days, she came forth with great glory.

28. But she remained in her husband's house for one hundred and five years, and she set her handmaid free. And she passed away and was buried with her husband in Bethulia.

29. And all the people mourned her, for seven days.