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And he commanded his soldiers to cut down relentlessly every one they met and to slay those who went into the houses. (2 Maccabees 5, 12)
He took the holy vessels with his polluted hands, and swept away with profane hands the votive offerings which other kings had made to enhance the glory and honor of the place. (2 Maccabees 5, 16)
But if it had not happened that they were involved in many sins, this man would have been scourged and turned back from his rash act as soon as he came forward, just as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the king sent to inspect the treasury. (2 Maccabees 5, 18)
But the Lord did not choose the nation for the sake of the holy place, but the place for the sake of the nation. (2 Maccabees 5, 19)
He put to the sword all those who came out to see them, then rushed into the city with his armed men and killed great numbers of people. (2 Maccabees 5, 26)
But Judas Maccabeus, with about nine others, got away to the wilderness, and kept himself and his companions alive in the mountains as wild animals do; they continued to live on what grew wild, so that they might not share in the defilement. (2 Maccabees 5, 27)
and also to pollute the temple in Jerusalem and call it the temple of Olympian Zeus, and to call the one in Gerizim the temple of Zeus the Friend of Strangers, as did the people who dwelt in that place. (2 Maccabees 6, 2)
Harsh and utterly grievous was the onslaught of evil. (2 Maccabees 6, 3)
For example, two women were brought in for having circumcised their children. These women they publicly paraded about the city, with their babies hung at their breasts, then hurled them down headlong from the wall. (2 Maccabees 6, 10)
Now I urge those who read this book not to be depressed by such calamities, but to recognize that these punishments were designed not to destroy but to discipline our people. (2 Maccabees 6, 12)
In fact, not to let the impious alone for long, but to punish them immediately, is a sign of great kindness. (2 Maccabees 6, 13)
For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have reached the full measure of their sins; but he does not deal in this way with us, (2 Maccabees 6, 14)
