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1 Maccabees 2:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Her temple has become like a man who was glorious. "

1 Maccabees 2:8

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6 He saw the blasphemies that were committed in Judah and in Jerusalem,

7 and he said, “Woe is me! Why was I born to see the destruction of my people and the destruction of the holy city, and to dwell there when it was given into the hand of the enemy, the sanctuary into the hand of foreigners?

8 Her temple has become like a man who was glorious.

9 Her vessels of glory are carried away into captivity. Her infants are slain in her streets. Her young men are slain with the enemy’s sword.

10 What nation has not inherited her palaces and taken possession of her spoils?

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1 Maccabees 2:1

"In those days Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem rose up; and he lived at Modin."

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