1 Maccabees 1:39-45

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁹ And they shed innocent blood round about the sanctuary, and defiled the holy place.

⁴⁰ And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them, and the city was made the habitation of strangers, and she became a stranger to her own seed, and her children forsook her.

⁴¹ Her sanctuary was desolate like a wilderness, her festival days were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach, her honours were brought to nothing.

⁴² Her dishonour was increased according to her glory, and her excellency was turned into mourning.

⁴³ And king Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom, that all the people should be one: and every one should leave his own law.

⁴⁴ And all nations consented according to the word of king Antiochus.

⁴⁵ And many of Israel consented to his service, and they sacrificed to idols, and profaned the sabbath.