1 Maccabees 1:36-40
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
36 The citadel became an ambush against the sanctuary,
and a wicked adversary to Israel at all times.
37 They shed innocent blood around the sanctuary;
they defiled the sanctuary.
38 Because of them the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away,
she became the abode of strangers.
She became a stranger to her own offspring,
and her children forsook her.
39 (A)Her sanctuary became desolate as a wilderness;
her feasts were turned into mourning,
Her sabbaths to shame,
her honor to contempt.
40 As her glory had been, so great was her dishonor:
her exaltation was turned into mourning.
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