Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Her Temple was as empty as a wilderness; her festivals were turned into days of mourning, her Sabbath joy into shame. Her honor became an object of ridicule. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they shed innocent blood round about the sanctuary, and defiled the holy place. 1 Maccabees 1:37And laid them up there: and they became a great snare. 1 Maccabees 1:38 And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel. 1 Maccabees 1:40 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them and the city was made the habitation of strangers, and she became a stranger to her own seed, and her children forsook her. 1 Maccabees 1:41 Her sanctuary was desolate like a wilderness, her festival days were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach, her honours were brought to nothing. Context 1 Maccabees 1…38And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel. 39And they shed innocent blood round about the sanctuary, and defiled the holy place. 40And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them and the city was made the habitation of strangers, and she became a stranger to her own seed, and her children forsook her.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 1:37 And laid them up there: and they became a great snare. 1 Maccabees 1:38 And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel. 1 Maccabees 1:40 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them and the city was made the habitation of strangers, and she became a stranger to her own seed, and her children forsook her. 1 Maccabees 1:41 Her sanctuary was desolate like a wilderness, her festival days were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach, her honours were brought to nothing. |