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1 Maccabees 2:6-8
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 2:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 When he observed the sacrilegious acts that were being committed in Judah and Jerusalem, 7 [a]he said: “Alas! Why was I born to witness the ruin of my people and the ruin of the holy city, and to sit by idly while she has been delivered over to her enemies, and the sanctuary given into the hands of foreigners?
8 “Her temple has become like a prison without honor,
Footnotes
- 1 Maccabees 2:7 Mattathias’s lament takes its inspiration from ancient texts (Lam 2:11-21).
