2 Maccabees 4:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ And setting nought by the honours of their fathers, they esteemed the Grecian glories for the best:

¹⁶ For the sake of which they incurred a dangerous contention, and followed earnestly their ordinances, and in all things they coveted to be like them, who were their enemies and murderers.

¹⁷ For acting wickedly against the laws of God doth not pass unpunished: but this the time following will declare.