1 Maccabees 2:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it is given into the hands of the enemies?

⁸ The holy places are come into the hands of strangers: her temple is become as a man without honour.

⁹ The vessels of her glory are carried away captive: her old men are murdered in the streets, and her young men are fallen by the sword of the enemies.