1 Maccabees 1:24–28

²⁴Taking them all, he went into his own land.

He shed much blood

and spoke with great arrogance.^*

²⁵Israel mourned deeply in every community;

²⁶rulers and elders groaned;

young women and young men became faint;

the beauty of the women faded.

²⁷Every bridegroom took up the lament;

she who sat in the bridal chamber was mourning.^*

²⁸Even the land trembled for its inhabitants,

and all the house of Jacob was clothed with shame.