1 Maccabees 2:7
“He said, Woe is me, wherfore was I borne to see this misery of my people, and of the holy citie, and to dwell there, when it was deliuered into the hand of the enemie, and the Sanctuary into the hand of strangers?”
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1 Maccabees 2:7 Context
5Eleazar, called Auaran, and Ionathan, whose surname was Apphus. 6And when hee saw the blasphemies that were committed in Iuda and Ierusalem, 7He said, Woe is me, wherfore was I borne to see this misery of my people, and of the holy citie, and to dwell there, when it was deliuered into the hand of the enemie, and the Sanctuary into the hand of strangers? 8Her Temple is become as a man without glory. 9Her glorious vessels are caried away into captiuitie, her infants are slaine in the streets, her yong men with the sword of the enemie.
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He said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery of my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of strangers?
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