1 Maccabees 3:20-22

New Catholic Bible

²⁰ Our enemies have come against us in a display of insolence and lawlessness to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to plunder us. ²¹ However, we are fighting in defense of our lives and our laws. ²² He himself^[a] will crush them before our eyes; therefore, do not be afraid of them.”