2 Maccabees 2:17

17 And we hope that God who hath delivered his people, and hath rendered to all the inheritance, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,

2 Maccabees 2:17 In-Context

15 Wherefore if you want these things, send some that may fetch them to you.
16 As we are then about to celebrate the purification, we have written unto you: and you shall do well, if you keep the same days.
17 And we hope that God who hath delivered his people, and hath rendered to all the inheritance, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,
18 As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and will gather us together from every land under heaven into the holy place.
19 For he hath delivered us out of great perils, and hath cleansed the place.
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