2 Maccabees 5:18-20

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁸ (Or) Else if it had not befallen them for to be wrapped in many sins, as Heliodorus, that was sent from king Seleucus for to rob the treasury, also this (man) anon (or at once) coming should be beaten, and forsooth put aback from (his) hardiness.

¹⁹ But the Lord chose not the folk for the place, but (the) place for the folk.

²⁰ And therefore also that place was made partner of (the) evils of the people; afterward forsooth it shall be made fellow also of (the) goods, and it, that is forsaken in (the) wrath of Almighty God, again in reconciling of the great Lord, shall be enhanced with great glory.