Judith 7:21

In context

19The Israelites cried out to their Lord and God, because their spirit had given way: every one of their enemies had closed a ring around them, and there was no slipping out through the middle of it. 20The whole camp of Asshur stayed around them — infantry, chariots, and cavalry — for thirty-four days, and every water jar belonging to the people of Bethulia gave out. 21The cisterns were emptying out, and there was not enough water for them to drink their fill for even one day, since what they drank was measured out to them. 22Their little ones lost heart; the women and the young men gave out from thirst and dropped where they stood, in the streets of the town and in the passages of the gates, with no strength left in them. 23Then the whole people crowded in on Uzziah and the rulers of the town — the young men, the women, the children — and they shouted at the top of their voices and said in front of all the elders: