2 Maccabees 7:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ But he looked at the king,^[a] and said, ‘Because you have authority among mortals, though you also are mortal, you do what you please. But do not think that God has forsaken our people. ¹⁷ Keep on, and see how his mighty power will torture you and your descendants!’

¹⁸ After him they brought forward the sixth. And when he was about to die, he said, ‘Do not deceive yourself in vain. For we are suffering these things on our own account, because of our sins against our own God. Therefore^[b] astounding things have happened.