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3 Maccabees 4:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Maccabees 4:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 And young women who had just entered the bridal chamber[a] to share married life exchanged joy for wailing, their myrrh-perfumed hair sprinkled with ashes, and were carried away unveiled, all together raising a lament instead of a wedding song, as they were torn by the harsh treatment of foreign nations.(A)
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- 4.6 Or the canopy
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