1 Maccabees 1:37-39

Common English Bible

³⁷ Its inhabitants shed innocent blood
all around the sanctuary,
    and they even polluted
    the sanctuary itself.
³⁸ Because of them,
those who lived in Jerusalem fled.
    The city became
    a dwelling place for strangers.
        She was like a stranger to her offspring,
            and her children abandoned her.
³⁹ Her sanctuary was as barren as a desert.
    Her feasts turned into mourning,
        her sabbaths into shame,
        her honor into contempt.