2 Maccabees 7:34-36

Good News Translation

     ³⁴ But you are the cruelest and most disgusting thing that ever lived. So don't fool yourself with illusions of greatness while you punish God's people. ³⁵ There is no way for you to escape punishment at the hands of the almighty and all-seeing God. ³⁶ My brothers suffered briefly because of our faithfulness to God's covenant, but now they have entered eternal life.^[a] But you will fall under God's judgment and be punished as you deserve for your arrogance.