7 Bound and exposed to public gaze, they were hurried violently on board ship. (WEB) 8 The husbands of these, in the prime of their youthful vigor, instead of crowns, wore ropes round their necks. Instead of feasting and youthful celebration, they spent the rest of their nuptial days in wailing, and saw only the grave at hand. (WEB) 9 They were dragged along by unyielding chains, like wild animals. Of these, some had their necks thrust into the benches of the rowers, while the feet of others were enclosed in hard fetters. (WEB)
3 Maccabees 4:7–9
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3 Maccabees 6:33–35
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2 Baruch 62:6–8
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