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But you are the cruelest and most disgusting thing that ever lived. So don't fool yourself with illusions of greatness while you punish God's people.
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There is no way for you to escape punishment at the hands of the almighty and all-seeing God.
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My brothers suffered briefly because of our faithfulness to God's covenant, but now they have entered eternal life. But you will fall under God's judgment and be punished as you deserve for your arrogance.
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I now give up my body and my life for the laws of our ancestors, just as my brothers did. But I also beg God to show mercy to his people quickly and to torture you until you are forced to acknowledge that he alone is God.
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May my brothers and I be the last to suffer the anger of Almighty God, which he has justly brought upon our entire nation."
39
These words of ridicule made Antiochus so furious that he had the boy tortured even more cruelly than his brothers.
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And so the boy died, with absolute trust in the Lord, never unfaithful for a minute.
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Last of all, the mother was put to death.