1 Maccabees 1:39-41

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

³⁹Her sanctuary became desolate like a desert;
    her feasts were turned into mourning,
her sabbaths into a reproach,
    her honour into contempt.
⁴⁰Her dishonour now grew as great as her glory;
    her exaltation was turned into mourning.

Installation of Gentile Cults

⁴¹Then the king wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people,

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