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And whilst they sinned not before their God, they prospered, because the God that hateth
iniquity was with them.
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But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many
battles very sore, and were led captives into a land that was not their's, and the temple of their God
was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.
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But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were
scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country;
for it was desolate.
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Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error against this people, and they sin
against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome
them.
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But if there be no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now pass by, lest their Lord defend
them, and their God be for them, and we become a reproach before all the world.
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And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people standing round about the tent
murmured, and the chief men of Holofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side, and in Moab, spake
that he should kill him.
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For, say they, we will not be afraid of the face of the children of Israel: for, lo, it is a people
that have no strength nor power for a strong battle
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Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall be a prey to be devoured of all
thine army.
CHAPTER 6
And when the tumult of men that were about the council was ceased, Holofernes the chief captain
of the army of Assur said unto Achior and all the Moabites before all the company of other nations,
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And who art thou, Achior, and the hirelings of Ephraim, that thou hast prophesied against us
as to day, and hast said, that we should not make war with the people of Israel, because their God
will defend them? and who is God but Nabuchodonosor?
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He will send his power, and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God shall
not deliver them: but we his servants will destroy them as one man; for they are not able to sustain
the power of our horses.
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For with them we will tread them under foot, and their mountains shall be drunken with their
blood, and their fields shall be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to
stand before us, for they shall utterly perish, saith king Nabuchodonosor, lord of all the earth: for
he said, None of my words shall be in vain.
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And thou, Achior, an hireling of Ammon, which hast spoken these words in the day of thine
iniquity, shalt see my face no more from this day, until I take vengeance of this nation that came
out of Egypt.
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