4 Maccabees 11:25-27

Common English Bible

²⁵ You haven’t been able to make us change our minds or to force us to eat polluting food. Isn’t this a sign that your rule of tyranny is over? ²⁶ Your hot fires feel cold to us; your catapults are painless; your violence has no real power. ²⁷ The guards of the divine Law are set over us, not the guards of a tyrant. Because of this, our clear thinking remains undefeated.”