³¹ Forces sent by him shall occupy and profane the temple and fortress. They shall abolish the regular burnt offering and set up the desolating sacrilege.^(A)

⁴ For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the nations, who dallied with prostitutes and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts and besides brought in things for sacrifice that were unfit.^{(A) 5} The altar was covered with abominable offerings that were forbidden by the laws.^{(B) 6} People could neither keep the Sabbath nor observe the festivals of their ancestors nor so much as confess themselves to be Jews.^(C)