2 Maccabees 1:5

5 May God listen to your prayers and be reconciled with you and not abandon you in an evil time.

2 Maccabees 1:5 In-Context

3 May God give to all of you the passion to worship him and to do his will with a whole heart and a willing spirit.

4 May God open your heart to his Law and commands, and give you peace.

5 May God listen to your prayers and be reconciled with you and not abandon you in an evil time.

6 We are praying for you here.

7 In the year 169, during the rule of Demetrius, we Jews wrote to you during a critical period of suffering that happened to us in the years after Jason and his followers revolted from the holy land and the kingdom.