17 All nations that oppose Israelwill fall into ruin;the Lord All-Powerfulwill punish themon the day of judgment.Fire and wormswill destroy their bodies,and they will alwaysgroan in pain.
18 When the crowd reached Jerusalem, they immediately got ready to worship God by going through the ceremonies to make themselves clean. Then they offered the required sacrifices to please God, including the voluntary offering and other sacrifices and gifts.
19 Judith brought along all of Holofernes' possessions that the people had given her, and she dedicated them to God. She also gave the mosquito net from the bed of Holofernes as a special offering to keep a promise.
20 Judith stayed in Jerusalem for three months, while she and the people celebrated at the temple.
21 After the victory celebration, everyone went back home, and Judith returned to her place in Bethulia. She was famous everywhere in Israel for as long as she lived.
22 Although a lot of men asked to marry her, she always refused and never remarried after her husband Manasseh died.
23-24 Judith became more famous as time went by, and she continued to live in the house Manasseh had left her.Some time before Judith died, she divided her possessions and property among her own closest relatives, as well as those of her husband, and she allowed her servant woman to go free.Judith died in Bethulia at the age of 105. She was buried beside her husband in their family tomb, and everyone in Israel mourned her death for seven days.