41. Her sanctuary was desolate, like a place of solitude, her feast days were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into disgrace, her honors into nothing.
42. Her shame was multiplied according to her glory, and her loftiness was turned into lamentation.
43. And king Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom, that all the people must be one, and that each one should relinquish his own law.
44. And all Gentiles consented, according to the word of king Antiochus.
45. And many out of Israel consented to his servitude, and they sacrificed to idols, and they polluted the Sabbath.