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What nation hath not inherited her kingdom, and gotten of her spoils?
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All her ornaments are taken away. She that was free is made a slave.
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And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them.
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To what end then should we live any longer?
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And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.
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And they that were sent from king Antiochus came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.
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And many of the people of Israel consented, and came to them: but Mathathias and his sons stood firm.
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And they that were sent from Antiochus, answering, said to Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this city, and adorned with sons, and brethren.
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Therefore come thou first, and obey the king's commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons, shall be in the number of the king's friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents.
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Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments:
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I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.