2 Maccabees 6:14-16

Common English Bible

¹⁴ With other nations the Lord patiently delays punishment until they fill up the full measure of their sins, but with us he decided to deal differently, and is exacting retribution on us before ¹⁵ our sins reach their peak. ¹⁶ Therefore, he never withdraws his mercy from us. Although disciplining us with misfortunes, God doesn’t forsake his own people.