2 Maccabees 12:40-42

New Catholic Bible

⁴⁰ However, under the tunic of each of the dead, they found amulets that were sacred to the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to wear. Thus it was clear to everyone that this was the reason that these men had been slain. ⁴¹ And so they all praised the acts of the Lord, the just judge who reveals things that are hidden, ⁴² and they turned to supplication, praying that the sin that had been committed might be completely blotted out. The noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves free from sin, since they had seen with their own eyes what had happened as a result of the sin of those who had fallen.