2 Maccabees 7:33-35

Good News Translation

     ^32-33 It is true that our living Lord is angry with us and is making us suffer because of our sins, in order to correct and discipline us. But this will last only a short while, for we are still his servants, and he will forgive us. ³⁴ But you are the cruelest and most disgusting thing that ever lived. So don't fool yourself with illusions of greatness while you punish God's people. ³⁵ There is no way for you to escape punishment at the hands of the almighty and all-seeing God.