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1 Maccabees 3:47 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They fasted that day, put on sackcloth, put ashes on their heads, tore their clothes, "

1 Maccabees 3:47

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45 Jerusalem was without inhabitant like a wilderness. There was none of her offspring who went in or went out. The sanctuary was trampled down. Children of foreigners were in the citadel. The Gentiles lived there. Joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and the harp ceased.

46 They gathered themselves together, and came to Mizpeh, near Jerusalem; for in Mizpeh there used to be a place of prayer for Israel.

47 They fasted that day, put on sackcloth, put ashes on their heads, tore their clothes,

48 and opened the book of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.

49 They brought the priests’ garments, the first fruits, and the tithes. They stirred up the Nazarites, who had accomplished their days.

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"All his kindred helped him, and so did all those who joined with his father, and they fought with gladness the battle of Israel."

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"He got his people great glory, and put on a breastplate like a giant, and bound his warlike harness around him, and set battles in array, protecting the army with his sword."

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"He was like a lion in his deeds, and like a lion’s cub roaring for prey."

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"He hunted and pursued the lawless, and he burned up those who troubled his people."

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"The lawless shrunk back for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were very troubled, and deliverance prospered in his hand."

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