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Then I will come and tell you, so that you may go out with your whole army, and not one of them will be able to withstand you.
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Then I will lead you through Judea, until you come to Jerusalem; there I will set your throne. You will drive them like sheep that have no shepherd, and no dog will so much as growl at you. For this was told me to give me foreknowledge; it was announced to me, and I was sent to tell you."
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Her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants. They marveled at her wisdom and said,
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"No other woman from one end of the earth to the other looks so beautiful or speaks so wisely!"
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Then Holofernes said to her, "God has done well to send you ahead of the people, to strengthen our hands and bring destruction on those who have despised my lord.
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