2 Maccabees 14:32-34

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³² And when they swore unto him, that they knew not where the man was whom he sought, he stretched out his hand to the temple,

³³ And swore, saying: Unless you deliver Judas prisoner to me, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and will beat down the altar, and I will dedicate this temple to Bacchus.

³⁴ And when he had spoken thus he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner: