1 Maccabees 1:24-27 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

24. Taking all this, he went back to his own country. He shed much blood and spoke with great arrogance.

25. And there was great mourning throughout all Israel,

26. and the rulers and the elders groaned.Young women and men languished,and the beauty of the women faded.

27. Every bridegroom took up lamentation,while the bride sitting in her chamber mourned,

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