1 Maccabees 3:51
King James VersionSource notes
“For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.”
Context
48And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.
49They brought also the priests’ garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazarites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.
50Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?
51For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.
52And lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest.
53How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O God, be our help?
54Then sounded they with trumpets, and cried with a loud voice.