Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For thy holies are trodden down, and are profaned, and thy priests are in mourning, and are brought low. 1 Maccabees 3:49And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the first fruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days: 1 Maccabees 3:50 And they cried with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them? 1 Maccabees 3:52 And behold the nations are come together against us, to destroy us: thou knowest what they intend against us. 1 Maccabees 3:53 How shall we be able to stand before their face, unless thou, O God, help us? Context 1 Maccabees 3…50And they cried with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them? 51For thy holies are trodden down, and are profaned, and thy priests are in mourning, and are brought low. 52And behold the nations are come together against us, to destroy us: thou knowest what they intend against us.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 3:49 And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the first fruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days: 1 Maccabees 3:50 And they cried with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them? 1 Maccabees 3:52 And behold the nations are come together against us, to destroy us: thou knowest what they intend against us. 1 Maccabees 3:53 How shall we be able to stand before their face, unless thou, O God, help us? |
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