38
And they saw the sanctuary desolate, the altar profaned, and the gates burned. In the courts they saw bushes sprung up as in a thicket, or as on one of the mountains. They saw also the chambers of the priests in ruins.
39
Then they rent their clothes, and mourned with great lamentation, and sprinkled themselves with ashes.
40
They fell face down on the ground, and sounded the signal on the trumpets, and cried out to Heaven.
41
Then Judas detailed men to fight against those in the citadel until he had cleansed the sanctuary.
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