1 Maccabees 5:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² Please come immediately and rescue us from their clutches, for many of us have already fallen. ¹³ All of our kindred who dwelt among the Tobiads have been killed, and the Gentiles have carried off their wives and children, confiscated their property, and slain about a thousand people there.”

¹⁴ While the letter was still in the process of being read, other messengers, with their garments torn, arrived from Galilee with a similar message,