1 Maccabees 1:27

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

1 Maccabees 1:27 In-Context

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.

29 Two years later Antiochus sent a large army from Mysia against the towns of Judea. When the soldiers entered Jerusalem,