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2 Maccabees 3:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 3:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 For terror and bodily trembling had come over the man, which plainly showed to those who looked at him the pain lodged in his heart. 18 People also hurried out of their houses in crowds to make a general supplication because the holy place was about to be brought into dishonor.(A) 19 Women girded with sackcloth under their breasts thronged the streets. Some of the young women who were kept indoors ran together to the gates, and some to the walls, while others peered out of the windows.(B)
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