¹¹ All people, even their torturers, marveled at their courage and endurance, and they became the cause of the downfall of tyranny over their nation. By their endurance they conquered the tyrant, and thus their native land was purified through them.^(A)

⁵ You are trying to terrify us by threatening us with death by torture, as though a short time ago you learned nothing from Eleazar.^(A)

⁴ Because of them the nation gained peace, and by reviving observance of the law in the homeland they ravaged the enemy.