29 Don’t be afraid of this butcher, but, proving yourself worthy of your brothers, accept your death, that in God’s mercy I may receive you again with your brothers.” (WEB) 30 But before she had finished speaking, the young man said, “What are you all waiting for? I don’t obey the commandment of the king, but I listen to the commandment of the law that was given to our fathers through Moses. (WEB) 31 But you, who have devised all kinds of evil against the Hebrews, will in no way escape God’s hands. (WEB) 32 For we are suffering because of our own sins. (WEB) 33 If for rebuke and chastening, our living Lord has been angered a little while, yet he will again be reconciled with his own servants. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 7:29–33
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