3. to have mercy on the city, which was being destroyed and was about to be leveled to the ground; to listen to the blood that cried out to him;
4. to remember the criminal slaughter of innocent children and the blasphemies uttered against his name; and to manifest his hatred of evil.
5. Once Maccabeus got his men organized, the Gentiles could not withstand him, for the Lord’s wrath had now changed to mercy.