4 Maccabees 12:11-13

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¹¹ he said, “You profane tyrant, most impious of all the wicked, since you have received good things and also your kingdom from God, were you not ashamed to murder his servants and torture on the wheel the athletes of piety? ¹² Because of this, justice^[a] has laid up for you a more intense and eternal fire and tortures, and these throughout all time will never let you go. ¹³ As a man, were you not ashamed, you most savage beast, to cut out the tongues of people who have feelings like yours and are made of the same elements as you and to maltreat and torture them in this way?