4 Maccabees 9:8-10

Common English Bible

⁸ We will gain the awards of moral character through this suffering, and we will be with God, for whose sake we suffer. ⁹ You, however, will be tortured forever by divine justice, as your cruel thirst for blood deserves.”

The first brother’s torture and response

¹⁰ When they had said these things, the tyrant was not only upset by their disobedience but was also infuriated by their ungratefulness.