1 Maccabees 7:36

36 Then the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple, weeping and saying,

1 Maccabees 7:36 In-Context

34 But he mocked them and laughed at them, and abused them shamefully and spoke proudly,

35 and swore in his wrath, saying, "Unless Judas and his host are now delivered into my hands, if ever I come again in safety I will burn up this house." And with that he went out in a great rage.

36 Then the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple, weeping and saying,

37 "Thou, O Lord, didst choose this house to be called by Thy name, and to be a house of prayer and petition for Thy people.

38 Be avenged upon this man and his host, and let them fall by the sword; remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer."