1 Maccabees 6:9–13

⁹And there he continued many days: ⁿfor his grief was ever more and more, and he made account that he should die. ¹⁰Wherefore he called for all his friends, and said unto them, The sleep is gone from mine eyes, and my heart faileth for very care. ¹¹And I thought with myself, Into what tribulation am I come, and how great a flood of misery is it, wherein now I am! for I was ^obountiful and beloved in my power. ¹²But now I remember the evils that I did at Jerusalem, and that ^pI took all the vessels of gold and silver that were therein, and ^qsent to destroy the inhabitants of Judea without a cause. ¹³I perceive therefore that for this cause these ^rtroubles are come upon me, and behold, I perish through great grief in a strange land.