Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation In their grief, Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes, put on sackcloth, and continued in deep mourning. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation. 1 Maccabees 2:12And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them. 1 Maccabees 2:13 To what end then should we live any longer? 1 Maccabees 2:15 And they that were sent from king Antiochus, came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God. 1 Maccabees 2:16 And many of the people of Israel consented and came to them: but Mathathias and his sons stood firm. Context 1 Maccabees 2…13To what end then should we live any longer? 14And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation. 15And they that were sent from king Antiochus, came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 2:12 And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them. 1 Maccabees 2:13 To what end then should we live any longer? 1 Maccabees 2:15 And they that were sent from king Antiochus, came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God. 1 Maccabees 2:16 And many of the people of Israel consented and came to them: but Mathathias and his sons stood firm. |