Judith 4:15
Good News Translation
They put ashes on their turbans and cried out in prayer to the Lord, begging him to have mercy on the whole nation.

New Revised Standard Version
With ashes on their turbans, they cried out to the Lord with all their might to look with favor on the whole house of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
They also sprinkled ashes on their turbans and prayed aloud, asking the Lord to have mercy on the entire nation of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So they being moved by this exhortation of his, prayed to the Lord, and continued in the sight of the Lord.

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So they being moved by this exhortation of his, prayed to the Lord, and continued in the sight of the Lord.

Judith 4:13
Remember Moses the servant of the Lord overcame Amalec that trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting with the sword, but by holy prayers:

Judith 4:14
So all the enemies of Israel be, if you persevere in this work which you have begun.

Judith 4:16
So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon their head.

Judith 4:17
And they all begged of God with all their heart, that he would visit his people Israel.

Context
Judith 4
14So all the enemies of Israel be, if you persevere in this work which you have begun. 15So they being moved by this exhortation of his, prayed to the Lord, and continued in the sight of the Lord. 16So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon their head.…
Cross References
Judith 4:13
Remember Moses the servant of the Lord overcame Amalec that trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting with the sword, but by holy prayers:

Judith 4:14
So all the enemies of Israel be, if you persevere in this work which you have begun.

Judith 4:16
So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon their head.

Judith 4:17
And they all begged of God with all their heart, that he would visit his people Israel.



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Judith 4:14
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