1 Maccabees 1:37-43
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37 Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled it:
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38 Insomuch that the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them: whereupon the city was made an habitation of strangers, and became strange to those that were born in her; and her own children left her.
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39 Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour into contempt.
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40 As had been her glory, so was her dishonour increased, and her excellency was turned into mourning.
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41 Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,
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42 And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.
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43 Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath.