Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The priests went into the courtyard and stood facing the altar and the Temple. They started weeping and prayed, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said: 1 Maccabees 7:34But he mocked and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke proudly, 1 Maccabees 7:35 And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage. 1 Maccabees 7:37 Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people. 1 Maccabees 7:38 Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer. Context 1 Maccabees 7…35And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage. 36And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said: 37Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 7:34 But he mocked and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke proudly, 1 Maccabees 7:35 And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage. 1 Maccabees 7:37 Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people. 1 Maccabees 7:38 Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer. |