3 Maccabees 1:17-19

Revised Standard Version

¹⁷ and those who remained behind in the city were agitated and hurried out, supposing that something mysterious was occurring. ¹⁸ The virgins who had been enclosed in their chambers rushed out with their mothers, sprinkled their hair with dust,^[a] and filled the streets with groans and lamentations. ¹⁹ Those women who had recently been arrayed for marriage abandoned the bridal chambers prepared for wedded union, and, neglecting proper modesty, in a disorderly rush flocked together in the city.