3 Maccabees 5:37

37 He summoned Hermon and said with a threat, "How often, you sorry creature, must I command you concerning these same matters?

3 Maccabees 5:37 In-Context

35 Now when the Jews heard about what the king had said, they praised God, the Lord, the king of kings, who had made his power apparent in giving them this assistance.

36 Now the king resumed the entire banquet, according to the same rules, and began inviting the guests to return to their celebration.

37 He summoned Hermon and said with a threat, "How often, you sorry creature, must I command you concerning these same matters?

38 Equip the elephants yet again for the destruction of the Jews tomorrow."

39 But the king's officials, who were reclining at the table with him, were taken aback by his unstable mind and began to protest as follows: