3 Maccabees 6:15
Source: Septuagint
15Let it be shown to all the nations that thou art with us, O Lord, and hast not turned thy face away from us; but as thou saidst that thou wouldst not forget them even in the land of their enemies, so do thou fulfill this saying, O Lord.
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13Let the heathen cower before thy invincible might today, O glorious One, who hast all power to save the race of Jacob.
14The whole band of infants and their parents with tears beseech thee.
— 3 Maccabees 6:15 —
16Now, at the time that Eleazar had ended his prayer, the king came along to the hippodrome, with the wild beasts, and with his tumultuous power.
17When the Jews saw this, they uttered a loud cry to heaven, so that the adjacent valleys resounded, and caused an irrepressible lamentation throughout the army.