1 Maccabees 1:29-40

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁹ And the land was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.

³⁰ And after two full years the king sent the chief collector of his tributes to the cities of Juda, and he came to Jerusalem with a great multitude.

³¹ And he spoke to them peaceable words in deceit: and they believed him.

³² And he fell upon the city suddenly, and struck it with a great slaughter, and destroyed much people in Israel.

³³ And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt it with fire, and threw down the houses thereof, and the walls thereof round about:

³⁴ And they took the women captive, and the children, and the cattle they possessed.

³⁵ And they built the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with strong towers, and made it a fortress for them:

³⁶ And they placed there a sinful nation, wicked men, and they fortified themselves therein: and they stored up armour, and victuals, and gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem;

³⁷ And laid them up there: and they became a great snare.

³⁸ And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel.

³⁹ And they shed innocent blood round about the sanctuary, and defiled the holy place.

⁴⁰ And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them, and the city was made the habitation of strangers, and she became a stranger to her own seed, and her children forsook her.