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and in anger he swore this oath, "Unless Judas and his army are delivered into my hands this time, then if I return safely I will burn up this house." And he went out in great anger.
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After these events Nicanor went up to Mount Zion. Some of the priests from the sanctuary and some of the elders of the people came out to greet him peaceably and to show him the burnt offering that was being offered for the king.
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But he mocked them and derided them and defiled them and spoke arrogantly,
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and in anger he swore this oath, "Unless Judas and his army are delivered into my hands this time, then if I return safely I will burn up this house." And he went out in great anger.
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At this the priests went in and stood before the altar and the temple; they wept and said,
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"You chose this house to be called by your name, and to be for your people a house of prayer and supplication.
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