2 Maccabees 7:37

37 But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that He would speedily be merciful unto our nation, and that thou, by torments and plagues, mayest confess that He alone is God;

2 Maccabees 7:37 In-Context

35 For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of Almighty God, who seeth all things.

36 For our brethren, who now have suffered a short pain, are dead under God's covenant of everlasting life; but thou, through the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.

37 But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that He would speedily be merciful unto our nation, and that thou, by torments and plagues, mayest confess that He alone is God;

38 and that through me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which is justly brought upon our nation, may cease.

39 Then the king, being in a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.