0 SAB Judith 14

She [Judith] wore haircloth upon her loins. 8:6

Trivia: What did Judith wear on her loins?

Judith

CHAPTER 14

The head of Holofernes is hung on the wall and Achior gets circumcised
Cruelty & ViolenceAbsurdity1-18

1And Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my brethren, hang ye up this head upon our walls.

Judith said to the people, 

Hang this head on our walls.

2 And as soon as the sun shall rise, let every man take his arms, and rush ye out, not as going down beneath, but as making an assault.

3 Then the watchmen must needs run to awake their prince for the battle.

4 And when the captains of them shall run to the tent of Holofernes, and shall find him without his head wallowing in his blood, fear shall fall upon them.

When the captains run to the tent of Holofernes, they'll find him wallowing in his blood, they'll be afraid.

5 And when you shall know that they are fleeing, go after them securely, for the Lord will destroy them under your feet.

Then God will kill them for you.

6Then Achior seeing the power that the God of Israel had wrought, leaving the religion of the gentiles, he believed God, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined to the people of Israel, with all the succession of his kindred until this present day.

When Achior saw what God had done, he left the gentile religion, got circumcised, and joined the religion of Israel, along with his entire family.

7 And immediately at break of day, they hung up the head of Holofernes upon the walls, and every man took his arms, and they sent out with a great noise and shouting.

And in the morninig, they hung up the head of Holofernes on the wall, with every man taking up arms and shouting.

8 And the watchmen seeing this, ran to the tent of Holofernes.

9 And they that were in the tent came, and made a noise before the door of the chamber to awake him, endeavouring by art to break his rest, that Holofernes might awake, not by their calling him, but by their noise.

10 For no man durst knock, or open and go into the chamber of the general of the Assyrians.

11 But when his captains and tribunes were come, and all the chiefs of the army of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains:

12 Go in, and awake him, for the mice coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight.

13 Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood before the curtain, and made a clapping with his hands: for he thought that he was sleeping with Judith.

Then Vagao when to Holofernes's room and clapped his hands, thinking that Holofermes was sleeping with Judith.

14 But when with hearkening, he perceived no motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, sweltering in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his garments.

When he saw Holofernes lying dead on the ground, bathed in blood, he cried out with a loud voice and tore his clothes.

15 And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran out to the people,

16And said: One Hebrew woman hath made confusion in the house of king Nabuchodonosor: for behold Holofernes lieth upon the ground, and his head is not upon him.

Vagao said, 

One Hebrew woman has caused confusion in the house of King Nabuchodonosor by beheading Holofernes.

17 Now when the chiefs of the army of the Assyrians had heard this, they all rent their garments, and an intolerable fear and dread fell upon them, and their minds were troubled exceedingly.

Then all of the Assyrian army chiefs tore their clothes.

18And there was a very great cry in the midst of their camp.

And everyone in the Assyrian camp cried out loud.

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