Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

1 Machabees 1:24-29 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

24. And he took the silver and gold, and the precious vessels: and he took the hidden treasures which he found: and when he had taken all away he departed into his own country.

25. And he made a great slaughter of men, and spoke very proudly.

26. And there was great mourning in Israel, and in every place where they were.

27. And the princes, and the ancients mourned, and the virgins and the young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the women was changed.

28. Every bridegroom took up lamentation: and the bride that set in the marriage bed, mourned:

29. And the land was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.