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At length he met a miserable end. Called to account before Aretas, king of the Arabs, he fled from city to city, hunted by all men, hated as a transgressor of the laws, abhorred as the butcher of his country and his countrymen. After being driven into Egypt, (2 Maccabees 5, 8)
As soon as Judas heard of the barbarous deed perpetrated against his countrymen, he summoned his men; (2 Maccabees 12, 5)
first, out of my genuine concern for the king's interests, and secondly, out of consideration for my own countrymen, since our entire nation is suffering great affliction from the unreasonable conduct of the people just mentioned. (2 Maccabees 14, 8)
Then Judas, who was ever in body and soul the chief defender of his fellow citizens, and had maintained from youth his affection for his countrymen, ordered Nicanor's head and whole right arm to be cut off and taken to Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 15, 30)
When he arrived there, he assembled his countrymen, stationed the priests before the altar, and sent for those in the citadel. (2 Maccabees 15, 31)
Now go to the exiles, to your countrymen, and say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD!--whether they heed or resist! (Ezekiel 3, 11)
Son of man, speak thus to your countrymen: When I bring the sword against a country, and the people of this country select one of their number to be their watchman, (Ezekiel 33, 2)
As for you, son of man, tell your countrymen: The virtue which a man has practiced will not save him on the day that he sins; neither will the wickedness that a man has done bring about his downfall on the day that he turns from his wickedness (nor can the virtuous man, when he sins, remain alive). (Ezekiel 33, 12)
Yet your countrymen say, "The way of the LORD is not fair!"; but it is their way that is not fair. (Ezekiel 33, 17)
As for you, son of man, your countrymen are talking about you along the walls and in the doorways of houses. They say to one another, "Come and hear the latest word that comes from the LORD." (Ezekiel 33, 30)
When your countrymen ask you, "Will you not tell us what you mean by all this?", (Ezekiel 37, 18)
