1 Maccabees 1:37–39

³⁷On every side of the sanctuary they shed innocent blood;

they even defiled the sanctuary.^*

³⁸Because of them the residents of Jerusalem fled;

she became a dwelling of strangers;

she became strange to her offspring,

and her children forsook her.

³⁹Her sanctuary became desolate like a desert;

her feasts were turned into mourning,

her Sabbaths into a reproach,

her honor into contempt.^*