3 Maccabees 1:18-20

Revised Standard Version

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. ²⁰ Mothers and nurses abandoned even newborn children here and there, some in houses and some in the streets, and without a backward look they crowded together at the most high temple.