17
And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of those who dwelt in the city, and therefore His eye was not upon the place.
15
Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple in all the world, Menelaus, that traitor to the laws and to his own country, being his guide.
16
And taking the holy vessels with polluted hands, and with profane hands pulling down the things that were dedicated by other kings for the augmentation and glory and honor of the place, he gave them away.
17
And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of those who dwelt in the city, and therefore His eye was not upon the place.
18
For had they not been formerly wrapped in many sins, this man would haved forthwith been scourged and turned back from his presumption as soon as he had come, as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the king sent to view the treasury.
19
Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place's sake, but the place for the people's sake.
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