George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Raise up. If Bethulia had been taken, perhaps (Haydock) Jerusalem had also fallen. (Worthington)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 13:7
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 13:7 · Douay-Rheims
“Saying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusalem thy city: and that I may bring to pass that which I have purposed, having a belief that it might be done by thee.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.