3 Maccabees 1:28-29

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁸ The continuous, vehement, and concerted cry of the crowds^[a] resulted in an immense uproar; ²⁹ for it seemed that not only the people but also the walls and the whole earth around echoed, because indeed all at that time^[b] preferred death to the profanation of the place.