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1 Maccabees 3:44-46
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44 So the congregation assembled to be ready for battle and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.

45 Jerusalem was uninhabited like a wilderness;
    not one of her children went in or out.
The sanctuary was trampled down,
    and strangers held the citadel;
    it was a lodging place for the nations.
Joy was taken from Jacob;
    the flute and the harp ceased to play.(A)

46 Then they gathered together and went to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because Israel formerly had a place of prayer in Mizpah.(B)

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