3 Maccabees 1:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The young girls who had been kept secluded at home rushed out with their mothers. They sprinkled their hair with dust and began to fill the streets with weeping and groaning. ¹⁹ Even the young women who had just been adorned for their weddings left the bridal bedrooms that had been prepared for the marriage night. Neglecting all proper modesty, they came together in the city in a wild rush. ²⁰ Mothers and nurses left newborn children here and there, some in houses, some in the streets, and crowded together into the most high temple without looking back.