1 Maccabees 7:36

36 At this the priests went in and stood before the altar and the temple; they wept and said,

1 Maccabees 7:36 In-Context

34 But he mocked them and derided them and defiled them and spoke arrogantly,

35 and in anger he swore this oath, "Unless Judas and his army are delivered into my hands this time, then if I return safely I will burn up this house." And he went out in great anger.

36 At this the priests went in and stood before the altar and the temple; they wept and said,

37 "You chose this house to be called by your name, and to be for your people a house of prayer and supplication.

38 Take vengeance on this man and on his army, and let them fall by the sword; remember their blasphemies, and let them live no longer."