1 Maccabees 1:25-27

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁵Israel mourned deeply in every community,
²⁶    rulers and elders groaned,
young women and young men became faint,
    the beauty of the women faded.
²⁷Every bridegroom took up the lament;
    she who sat in the bridal chamber was mourning.

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