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• instead, altars, sacred enclosures and temples were to be dedicated to idols. They were to offer pigs and unclean animals in sacrifice, (1 Maccabees 1, 47)

• On the fifteenth day of the month of Chislev, in the year one hundred and forty-five, Antiochus erected the "abominable idol of the invaders" on the altar of the temple. Pagan altars were built throughout the whole land of Judea; (1 Maccabees 1, 54)

• so he said: "Alas! Was I born just to witness the ruin of my people and the destruction of the holy city? Shall I sit by while she is in the hands of her enemies and her sanctuary in the power of foreigners? (1 Maccabees 2, 7)

• Mattathias and his friends made expeditions during which they destroyed the altars, (1 Maccabees 2, 45)

• From there Judas turned towards Azotus in the land of the Philistines. He destroyed their altars, burned the statues of their gods, plundered the city and then returned to Judah. (1 Maccabees 5, 68)

• I now ask the readers of this book not to be shocked by these calamities. Bear in mind that this did not happen for the destruction of our race, but rather for our education. (2 Maccabees 6, 12)

• They destroyed the altars built by the foreigners in the public squares, as well as the sacred enclosures. (2 Maccabees 10, 2)

• Pride goes before destruction, an arrogant spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16, 18)

• The liar hates his victims, the flattering mouth brings destruction. (Proverbs 26, 28)

• God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 13)

• He showed no pity on the people doomed to destruction; they were annihilated for their sins. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 9)

• Certain winds are created as a means of punishment and in their fury they are a scourge, unleashing their violence in the time of destruction and satisfying the wrath of their Creator. (Ecclesiasticus 39, 28)