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2 Maccabees 1:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Punish those who oppress us and in arrogance shamefully entreat us. "

2 Maccabees 1:28

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26 accept the sacrifice for all your people Israel, and preserve your own portion, and consecrate it.

27 Gather together our scattered people, set at liberty those who are in bondage among the heathen, look upon those who are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that you are our God.

28 Punish those who oppress us and in arrogance shamefully entreat us.

29 Plant your people in your holy place, even as Moses said.”

30 Then the priests sang the hymns.

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2 Maccabees 1:1

"The kindred, the Jews who are in Jerusalem and those who are in the country of Judea, send greetings and good peace to the kindred, the Jews who are throughout Egypt."

2 Maccabees 1:2

"May God do good to you, and remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants,"

2 Maccabees 1:3

"and give you all a heart to worship him and do his will with a strong heart and a willing soul."

2 Maccabees 1:4

"May God open your heart to his law and his statutes, and make peace,"

2 Maccabees 1:5

"and listen to your requests, and be reconciled with you, and not forsake you in an evil time."

2 Maccabees 1:6

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