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Your sons were true descendants of our father Abraham!
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If we had the skill of an artist to paint a picture showing the story of your commitment to God, wouldn't those who viewed the painting tremble to see a mother enduring the experience of seven children being tortured to death in so many ways?
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What would be an appropriate message that could be carved on their tomb to remind our nation's people? Perhaps these words:
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HERE LIE BURIED AN OLD PRIEST, AN OLD WOMAN, AND SEVEN CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE OF A TYRANT WHO WISHED TO DESTROY THE HEBREW WAY OF LIFE.
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THEY WON JUSTICE FOR THEIR NATION BY FIXING THEIR EYES ON GOD AND ENDURING TORTURE TO THE POINT OF DEATH.