2 Maccabees 15:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ He encouraged them by citing the Law and the Prophets,^[a] and by reminding them of the struggles they had already survived in the past, he filled them with fresh enthusiasm. ¹⁰ When he had stirred up their courage, he issued his orders, reminding them at the same time of the treachery of the Gentiles and their violation of oaths. ¹¹ Having armed each of them not so much with the protection of shield and spear as with the confidence aroused by brave words, he encouraged all of them by relating a dream, a type of vision, that was worthy of belief.