1 Maccabees 1:36-38

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁶ It became an ambush against the sanctuary,
    an evil adversary of Israel continually.
³⁷ On every side of the sanctuary they shed innocent blood;
    they even defiled the sanctuary.
³⁸ Because of them the residents of Jerusalem fled;
    she became a dwelling of strangers;
she became strange to her offspring,
    and her children forsook her.