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For this reason a dangerous situation engulfed them. Those same people to whom they were devoted and whose way of life they wished to imitate became their enemies and inflicted punishment on them.
14
Even the priests were no longer devoted to the service of the altar, but they treated the temple with contempt. By neglecting the sacrifices, they hurried to participate in the lawless wrestling spectacles in the arena as soon as the discus-throwing event was announced.
15
They ignored their ancestral honors and sought after Greek status symbols instead.
16
For this reason a dangerous situation engulfed them. Those same people to whom they were devoted and whose way of life they wished to imitate became their enemies and inflicted punishment on them.
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To be ungodly in the face of the divine laws isn't a light matter, as the following events would reveal.
18
Once when the king was present at the athletic games they held every five years in Tyre,