2 Maccabees 7:19-21

Common English Bible

¹⁹ But don’t think you will escape unpunished after trying to fight against God.”

²⁰ The mother was particularly amazing and worthy of an honorable memory. She watched her seven sons die in the course of a single day but accepted it with a stout heart because of her hope in the Lord. ²¹ She encouraged each of them in their native language. Filled with noble thoughts, she fired up her womanly reasoning with manly courage, saying to them,