11 They came to her, and she said to them, “Hear me now, O you rulers of the inhabitants of Bethulia! For your word that you have spoken before the people this day is not right. You have set the oath which you have pronounced between God and you, and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies, unless within these days the Lord turns to help you. (WEB) 12 Now who are you that you have tested God this day, and stand in the place of God among the children of men? (WEB) 13 Now try the Lord Almighty, and you will never know anything. (WEB)
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