1 Maccabees 1:26

26 Rulers and leaders groaned in sorrow. Young men and young women grew weak. The beauty of our women faded.

1 Maccabees 1:26 In-Context

24 Then he took it all to his own country. He had also murdered many people and boasted arrogantly about it.

25 There was great mourning everywhere in the land of Israel.

26 Rulers and leaders groaned in sorrow. Young men and young women grew weak. The beauty of our women faded.

27 Every bridegroom sang a funeral song, and every bride sat mourning in her room.

28 All our people were clothed with shame, and our land trembled for them.