Good News Translation
and to have mercy on Jerusalem, now destroyed and almost leveled to the ground.

New Revised Standard Version
to have mercy on the city that was being destroyed and about to be leveled to the ground; to hearken to the blood that cried out to him;

Contemporary English Version
Rescue Jerusalem from those enemies who have left it in ruins. Take revenge on those murderers!

New American Bible
to have mercy on the city, which was being destroyed and was about to be leveled to the ground; to listen to the blood that cried out to him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
That he would have pity also upon the city that was destroyed, that was ready to be made even with the ground, and would hear the voice of the blood that cried to him:

That he would have pity also upon the city that was destroyed, that was ready to be made even with the ground, and would hear the voice of the blood that cried to him:

2 Maccabees 8:1
But Judas Machabeus, and they that were with him, went privately into the towns: and calling together their kinsmen and friends, and taking unto them such as continued in the Jews' religion, they assembled six thousand men.

2 Maccabees 8:2
And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon his people that was trodden down by all and would have pity on the temple, that was defiled by the wicked:

2 Maccabees 8:4
That he would remember also the most unjust deaths of innocent children, and the blasphemies offered to his name, and would shew his indignation on this occasion.

2 Maccabees 8:5
Now when Machabeus had gathered a multitude, he could not be withstood by the heathens: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.