2 Maccabees 6:14

14 For as with other nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to punish till they have come to the fullness of their sins, so He dealeth not with us,

2 Maccabees 6:14 In-Context

12 Now I beseech those who read this book that they be not discouraged by these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but as a chastening of our nation.

13 For it is a token of His great goodness when wicked doers are not suffered any long time, but forthwith punished.

14 For as with other nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to punish till they have come to the fullness of their sins, so He dealeth not with us,

15 lest that, having come to the height of sin, afterwards He should take vengeance on us.

16 And therefore He never withdraweth His mercy from us; and though He punish with adversity, yet doth He never forsake His people.