1 Maccabees 2:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹¹All her adornment has been taken away;
    no longer free, she has become a slave.
¹²And see, our holy place, our beauty,
    and our glory have been laid waste;
the Gentiles have profaned them.
¹³    Why should we live any longer?’

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