2 Maccabees 2:4-8

New Catholic Bible

⁴ That same document also records that the prophet, in obedience to a divine revelation, issued orders that the tent and the Ark should accompany him, and that he went off to the mountain^[a] that Moses had ascended to view God’s inheritance. ⁵ Upon arriving there, Jeremiah found a cave-dwelling where he placed the tent, the Ark, and the altar of incense, after which he blocked off the entrance. ⁶ Some of his companions came up later with the intention of marking out the path, but they were unable to find it. ⁷ When Jeremiah learned of this, he rebuked them. “This place shall remain unknown,” he declared, “until God gathers his people together again and shows them his mercy. ⁸ Then the Lord will once again disclose these things, and the glory^[b] of the Lord will appear together with the cloud, as it was revealed in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the place might be solemnly consecrated.”