2 Maccabees 7:37
Source: Septuagint
37But 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;
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35for thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of Almighty God, who seeth all things.
36For 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.
— 2 Maccabees 7:37 —
38and that in me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which is justly brought upon all our nation, may cease.
39Then the king, being in a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.