2 Maccabees 14:33-35

Common English Bible

³³ he stretched out his strong hand against the temple and made the following pronouncement: “If you don’t turn Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level the sacred area of God, tear down the altar to the ground, and build here a great temple to Dionysus.” ³⁴ With these words, he left. But the priests, stretching out their hands to heaven, called on the one who always fights in defense of our nation, saying, ³⁵ “You, Lord, who need nothing, made the temple your dwelling among us.