3 Maccabees 6:32-34

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³² They stopped their chanting of dirges and took up the song of their ancestors, praising God, their Savior and worker of wonders.^[a] Putting an end to all mourning and wailing, they formed choruses^[b] as a sign of peaceful joy. ³³ Likewise also the king, after convening a lavish banquet to celebrate these events, gave thanks to heaven unceasingly and lavishly for the unexpected rescue that he^[c] had experienced. ³⁴ Those who had previously believed that the Jews would be destroyed and become food for birds and had joyfully registered them groaned as they themselves were overcome by disgrace and their fire-breathing boldness was ignominiously^[d] quenched.