3 Maccabees 7:9-11

Common English Bible

⁹You should be aware that, if we ever devise any evil against these people or trouble them in any way, we won’t have a human being as our enemy but rather the Most High God, who is Lord over every power. It is he who will enforce the punishment for our actions in every way, and from him there is no escape. Farewell.

Punishment of Jewish lawbreakers

¹⁰When the Jews received this letter, they didn’t rush to depart. Instead, they petitioned the king that they might carry out the punishment deserved by those Jews who had voluntarily turned aside from the holy God and God’s Law. ¹¹They insisted that those who had broken divine laws for the sake of the belly would never be reliable subjects under the king’s government either.

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