1 Maccabees 1:24-26

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²⁴Taking them all, he departed to his own land.

He committed deeds of murder,
    and spoke with great arrogance.
²⁵Israel mourned deeply in every community,
²⁶    rulers and elders groaned,
maidens and young men became faint,
    the beauty of the women faded.

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