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2 Maccabees 8:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When Maccabaeus had trained his men for service, the heathen at once found him irresistible, for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy. "

2 Maccabees 8:5

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3 and to have pity on the city that was suffering ruin and ready to be leveled to the ground, and to listen to the blood that cried out to him,

4 and to remember the lawless destruction of the innocent infants, and concerning the blasphemies that had been committed against his name, and to show his hatred of wickedness.

5 When Maccabaeus had trained his men for service, the heathen at once found him irresistible, for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.

6 Coming without warning, he set fire to cities and villages. And in winning back the most important positions, putting to flight no small number of the enemies,

7 he especially took advantage of the nights for such assaults. His courage was loudly talked of everywhere.

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2 Maccabees 10:30

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"Judas Maccabaeus has been strong and mighty from his youth. He shall be your captain and shall fight the battle of the people."

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"With hailstones of mighty power, he caused war to break violently upon the nation, and on the slope he destroyed those who resisted, so that the nations might know his armor, how he fought in the sight of the Lord; for he followed the Mighty One."

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"The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them. He took their plunder, then gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house."

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2 Maccabees 8:1

"But Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, and those who were with him, making their way secretly into the villages, called together their kindred. Enlisting those who had continued in the Jews’ religion, they gathered together about six thousand."

2 Maccabees 8:2

"They called upon the Lord to look at the people who were oppressed by all, and to have compassion on the sanctuary that had been profaned by the ungodly men,"

2 Maccabees 8:3

"and to have pity on the city that was suffering ruin and ready to be leveled to the ground, and to listen to the blood that cried out to him,"

2 Maccabees 8:4

"and to remember the lawless destruction of the innocent infants, and concerning the blasphemies that had been committed against his name, and to show his hatred of wickedness."

2 Maccabees 8:6

"Coming without warning, he set fire to cities and villages. And in winning back the most important positions, putting to flight no small number of the enemies,"

2 Maccabees 8:7

"he especially took advantage of the nights for such assaults. His courage was loudly talked of everywhere."

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