1 Maccabees 1:25-27

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