2 Maccabees 6:15-17

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁵ in order that he should not take vengeance on us afterwards when our sins have reached their height. ¹⁶ Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us. Although he disciplines us with calamities, he does not forsake his own people. ¹⁷ Let what we have said serve as a reminder; we must go on briefly with the story.