2 Maccabees 9:18

18 But for all this his pains would not cease: zfor the just judgment of God was come upon him: therefore fdespairing of his health, he wrote unto the Jews the letter underwritten, containing the form of a supplication, gafter this manner:

z	See Prov. 1. 28.
f	Comp. ver. 22.
g	ch. 11. 16, 22. See Acts 23. 25.