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2 Maccabees 15:33-35
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 15:33-35
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
33 He cut out the tongue of the ungodly Nicanor and said that he would feed it piecemeal to the birds and would hang up these rewards of his folly opposite the sanctuary.(A) 34 And they all, looking to heaven, blessed the Lord who had manifested himself, saying, “Blessed is he who has kept his own place undefiled!”(B) 35 Judas[a] hung Nicanor’s head from the citadel, a clear and conspicuous sign to everyone of the help of the Lord.(C)
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- 15.35 Gk He
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