1 Maccabees 4:40

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

1 Maccabees 4:40 In-Context

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.

41 Then Judas detailed men to fight against those in the citadel until he had cleansed the sanctuary.

42 He chose blameless priests devoted to the law,