1 Maccabees 4:38

38 There they saw the sanctuary desolate, the altar profaned, and the gates burned. In the courts they saw bushes sprung up as in a thicket, or as on one of the mountains. They saw also the chambers of the priests in ruins.

1 Maccabees 4:38 In-Context

36 Then Judas and his brothers said, "See, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it."

37 So all the army assembled and went up to Mount Zion.

38 There they saw the sanctuary desolate, the altar profaned, and the gates burned. In the courts they saw bushes sprung up as in a thicket, or as on one of the mountains. They saw also the chambers of the priests in ruins.

39 Then they tore their clothes and mourned with great lamentation; they sprinkled themselves with ashes

40 and fell face down on the ground. And when the signal was given with the trumpets, they cried out to Heaven.