2 Maccabees 8:2

2 And they called upon the Lord, that He would look upon the people who were trodden down by all, and also pity the temple profaned by ungodly men,

2 Maccabees 8:2 In-Context

1 Then Judas Maccabeus, and those who were with him, went privily into the towns and called their kinsfolk together, and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews' religion, and assembled about six thousand men.

2 And they called upon the Lord, that He would look upon the people who were trodden down by all, and also pity the temple profaned by ungodly men,

3 and that He would have compassion upon the city sorely defaced and ready to be made even with the ground, and hear the blood that cried unto Him,

4 and remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants and the blasphemies committed against His name, and that He would show His hatred against the wicked.

5 Now when Maccabeus had his company about him, he could not be withstood by the heathen; for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.