3 Maccabees 4:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
5 For a multitude of grey-headed old men, sluggish and bent with age, was being led away, forced to march at a swift pace by the violence with which they were driven in such a shameful manner. 6 And young women who had just entered the bridal chamber[a] to share married life exchanged joy for wailing, their myrrh-perfumed hair sprinkled with ashes, and were carried away unveiled, all together raising a lament instead of a wedding-song, as they were torn by the harsh treatment of the heathen.[b] 7 In bonds and in public view they were violently dragged along as far as the place of embarkation.
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- 3 Maccabees 4:6 Or the canopy
- 3 Maccabees 4:6 Other ancient authorities read as though torn by heathen whelps
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