3 Maccabees 1:19

19 Those women who had recently been arrayed for marriage abandoned the bridal chambers ^[a] prepared for wedded union, and, neglecting proper modesty, in a disorderly rush flocked together in the city.

3 Maccabees 1:19 In-Context

17 those who remained behind in the city were agitated and hurried out, supposing that something mysterious was occurring.

18 Young women who had been secluded in their chambers rushed out with their mothers, sprinkled their hair with dust, and filled the streets with groans and lamentations.

19 Those women who had recently been arrayed for marriage abandoned the bridal chambers prepared for wedded union, and, neglecting proper modesty, in a disorderly rush flocked together in the city.

20 Mothers and nurses abandoned even newborn children here and there, some in houses and some in the streets, and without a backward look they crowded together at the most high temple.

21 Various were the supplications of those gathered there because of what the king was profanely plotting.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or [the canopies]