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And when he saw the blasphemies that were committed in Judah and Jerusalem,
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he said, "Woe is me! Why was I born to see this misery of my people and of the holy city, and to dwell there when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of strangers?
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Her temple has become as a man without glory;
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her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity; her infants are slain in the streets, her young men with the sword of the enemy.
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What nation hath not had a part of her kingdom and gotten of her spoils?
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All her ornaments are taken away; from a free woman she has become a bondslave.
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And, behold, our sanctuary, even our beauty and our glory, is laid waste; and the Gentiles have profaned it.
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To what end therefore shall we live any longer?"
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Then Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes and put on sackcloth, and mourned very sorely.
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In the meanwhile the king's officers, such as compelled the people to revolt, came into the city of Modin to make them sacrifice.
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And when many of Israel came unto them, Mattathias also and his sons came together.