Judith 16:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ They threatened to set fire to our country,
    slaughter our young men,
    dash our babies to the ground,
    take our children away as captives,
    and carry off all our young women.
⁶ But the Lord Almighty tricked them;
    he used a woman to stop them.
⁷ Their hero was not slain by young soldiers
    or attacked and killed by mighty giants.
It was Judith, the daughter of Merari,
    who brought him down with her beauty.