1 Maccabees 13:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren.

⁶ I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary, and our children, and wives: for all the heathens are gathered together to destroy us out of mere malice.

⁷ And the spirit of the people was enkindled as soon as they heard these words.