1 Maccabees 1:37–39

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

they even defiled the sanctuary.

38 Because of them the residents of Jerusalem fled;

she became a dwelling of strangers;

she became strange to her offspring,

and her children forsook her.

39 Her sanctuary became desolate as a desert;

her feasts were turned into mourning,

her sabbaths into a reproach,

her honor into contempt.