4 Maccabees 4:19-21

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¹⁹ Jason^[a] changed the nation’s customs and altered its form of government in complete violation of the law,^{(A) 20} so that he not only constructed a gymnasium at the very citadel^[b] of our native land but also abolished the temple service.^{(B) 21} The divine justice was angered by these acts and caused Antiochus himself to make war on them.^(C)