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Now when they shall bring them word, they will forthwith do it, and they shall be given to thee to be destroyed the same day.
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"Therefore I, thine handmaid, knowing all this, fled from their presence; and God hath sent me to work things with thee, at which all the earth shall be astonished and whosoever shall hear it.
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For thy servant is religious and serveth the God of heaven day and night. Now therefore, my lord, I will remain with thee, and thy servant will go out by night into the valley and I will pray unto God, and He will tell me when they have committed their sins.
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And I will come and tell it unto thee; then thou shalt go forth with all thine army, and there shall be none of them who shall resist thee.
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And I will lead thee through the midst of Judea until thou come before Jerusalem, and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee. For these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee."
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Then her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants, and they marveled at her wisdom and said,
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"There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the other, both for beauty of face and wisdom of words."
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Likewise Holofernes said unto her, "God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands and destruction upon those who lightly regard my lord.
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And now, thou art both beautiful in thy countenance and wise in thy words. Surely if thou do as thou hast spoken, thy god shall be my god, and thou shalt dwell in the house of King Nebuchadnezzar, and shalt be renowned through the whole earth."