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2 Maccabees 8:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Maccabees 8:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
3 to have mercy on the city that was being destroyed and about to be leveled to the ground; to hearken to the blood that cried out to him; 4 to remember also the lawless destruction of the innocent babies and the blasphemies committed against his name; and to show his hatred of evil.
5 As soon as Maccabeus got his army organized, the Gentiles could not withstand him, for the wrath of the Lord had turned to mercy.
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