1 Maccabees 1:27-29

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁷Every bridegroom took up the lament;
she who sat in the bridal chamber was mourning.
²⁸Even the land trembled for its inhabitants,
and all the house of Jacob was clothed with shame.

The Occupation of Jerusalem

²⁹Two years later the king sent to the cities of Judah a chief collector of tribute, and he came to Jerusalem with a large force.

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