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²⁰And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned again in the hundred forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude,
²¹And entered proudly into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof,
²²And the table of the shewbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials. and the censers of gold, and the veil, and the crown, and the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off.
²³He took also the silver and the gold, and the precious vessels: also he took the hidden treasures which he found.
²⁴And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, having made a great massacre, and spoken very proudly.
²⁵Therefore there was a great mourning in Israel, in every place where they were;
²⁶So that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.
²⁷Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness,
²⁸The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
²⁹And after two years fully expired the king sent his chief collector of tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Jerusalem with a great multitude,
³⁰And spake peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit: for when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel.
³¹And when he had taken the spoils of the city, he set it on fire, and pulled down the houses and walls thereof on every side.
³²But the women and children took they captive, and possessed the cattle.
³³Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them.
³⁴And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.
³⁵They stored it also with armour and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and so they became a sore snare:
³⁶For it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel.
³⁷Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled it:
³⁸Insomuch that the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them: whereupon the city was made an habitation of strangers, and became strange to those that were born in her; and her own children left her.
³⁹Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour into contempt.
⁴⁰As had been her glory, so was her dishonour increased, and her excellency was turned into mourning.