2 Maccabees 6:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ It is a sign of great kindness that those Jews who acted immorally weren’t left alone for very long but experienced punishments immediately. ¹⁴ With other nations the Lord patiently delays punishment until they fill up the full measure of their sins, but with us he decided to deal differently, and is exacting retribution on us before ¹⁵ our sins reach their peak.