2 Maccabees 6:3
Good News Translation
The oppression was harsh and almost intolerable.

New Revised Standard Version
Harsh and utterly grievous was the onslaught of evil.

Contemporary English Version
After this, those foreigners abused our people so cruelly that we almost lost hope.

New American Bible
This was a harsh and utterly intolerable evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And very bad was this invasion of evils, and grievous to all.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And very bad was this invasion of evils, and grievous to all.

2 Maccabees 6:1
But not long after the king sent a certain old man of Antioch, to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and of God:

2 Maccabees 6:2
And to defile the temple that was in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius: and that in Garazim of Jupiter Hospitalis, according as they were that inhabited the place.

2 Maccabees 6:4
For the temple was full of the riot and revellings of the Gentiles: and of men lying with lewd women. And women thrust themselves of their accord into the holy places, and brought in things that were not lawful.

2 Maccabees 6:5
The altar also was filled with unlawful things, which were forbidden by the laws.

Context
2 Maccabees 6
2And to defile the temple that was in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius: and that in Garazim of Jupiter Hospitalis, according as they were that inhabited the place. 3And very bad was this invasion of evils, and grievous to all. 4For the temple was full of the riot and revellings of the Gentiles: and of men lying with lewd women. And women thrust themselves of their accord into the holy places, and brought in things that were not lawful.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 6:1
But not long after the king sent a certain old man of Antioch, to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and of God:

2 Maccabees 6:2
And to defile the temple that was in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius: and that in Garazim of Jupiter Hospitalis, according as they were that inhabited the place.

2 Maccabees 6:4
For the temple was full of the riot and revellings of the Gentiles: and of men lying with lewd women. And women thrust themselves of their accord into the holy places, and brought in things that were not lawful.

2 Maccabees 6:5
The altar also was filled with unlawful things, which were forbidden by the laws.



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