Judith 7:16LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 16 of 25
"For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes."
In context
14And therefore there is no one to help us, while we are cast down before their eyes in thirst, and sad destruction.
15And now assemble ye all that are in the city, that we may of our own accord yield ourselves all up to the people of Holofernes.
16For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes.
17We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes, that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst.
18And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice they cried to God, saying: