1 Maccabees 1:26-28

Good News Translation

²⁶ Rulers and leaders groaned in sorrow.
Young men and young women grew weak.
The beauty of our women faded.
²⁷ Every bridegroom sang a funeral song,
and every bride sat mourning in her room.
²⁸ All our people were clothed with shame,
and our land trembled for them.