1 Maccabees 2:14

14 Then Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes and put on mourning clothes, and they lamented.

1 Maccabees 2:14 In-Context

12 Look! Our holy place, our beauty, and our glory have all been destroyed. The Gentiles have trampled them.

13 Why should we live any longer?"

14 Then Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes and put on mourning clothes, and they lamented.

15 At that time, the king's officers were enforcing the decrees to give up Jewish practice. They came to the town of Modein to make its people offer pagan sacrifice.

16 Many from Israel came out to them, including Mattathias and his sons.