Common English Bible

1 Maccabees 9:26-28 Common English Bible (CEB)

26. They hunted down Judas’ friends and brought them to Bacchides. He took vengeance on them and treated them terribly.

27. So there was great distress in Israel, the worst since the time when prophets ceased to appear among them.

28. Then the other friends of Judas assembled and said to Jonathan,