1 Maccabees 1:36-38

Good News Translation

³⁶ The fort was a threat to the Temple,
a constant, evil menace for Israel.
³⁷ Innocent people were murdered around the altar;
the Holy Place was defiled by murderers.
³⁸ The people of Jerusalem fled in fear,
and the city became a colony of foreigners.
Jerusalem was foreign to its own people,
who had been forced to abandon the city.