2 Maccabees 7:35-37

New Catholic Bible

³⁵ for you will not be able to escape from the judgment of the almighty and all-seeing God. ³⁶ My brothers, after enduring a brief period of suffering, have now drunk of the waters of everlasting life in accordance with his covenant, but you, convicted by the judgment of God, will receive a richly warranted punishment for your arrogance.

³⁷ “I too, like my brothers, surrender my body and my life for the laws of our ancestors. I appeal to God not to delay in showing mercy to our nation and by trials and afflictions to cause you to confess that he alone is God.