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So she took the head out of the bag and showed it, and said unto them, "Behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, and behold the canopy wherein he did lie in his drunkenness; and the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.
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As the Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceived him to his destruction, and yet hath he not committed sin with me to defile and shame me."
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Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed themselves and worshiped God, and said with one accord, "Blessed be Thou, O our God, who hast this day brought to nought the enemies of Thy people."
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Then said Uzziah unto her, "O daughter, blessed art thou by the Most High God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, who hath created the heavens and the earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
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For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, who remember the power of God for ever.
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And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise to visit thee with good things, because thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of our nation, but hast avenged our ruin, walking a straight way before our God." And all the people said, "So be it, so be it."