Judith 4:8DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 8 of 16
"And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar of the Lord they covered with haircloth."
In context
6And the children of Israel did as the priest of the Lord Eliachim had appointed them,
7And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their wives.
8And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar of the Lord they covered with haircloth.
9And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles.
10Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel and spoke to them,