2 Maccabees 14:33-35
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
33 he stretched out his right hand towards the sanctuary, and swore this oath: ‘If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this shrine of God to the ground and tear down the altar, and build here a splendid temple to Dionysus.’
34 Having said this, he went away. Then the priests stretched out their hands towards heaven and called upon the constant Defender of our nation, in these words: 35 ‘O Lord of all, though you have need of nothing, you were pleased that there should be a temple for your habitation among us;
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