Verse 16

2 Maccabees 6:16

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books

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16 Wherefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us; but though he chasteneth with calamity, yet doth he not forsake his own people.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּבֶן֩ אֶת עֶשְׂרִ֨ים אַמָּ֜ה מ/ירכותי מִֽ/יַּרְכְּתֵ֤י הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ בְּ/צַלְע֣וֹת אֲרָזִ֔ים מִן הַ/קַּרְקַ֖ע עַד הַ/קִּיר֑וֹת וַ/יִּ֤בֶן ל/וֹ֙ מִ/בַּ֣יִת לִ/דְבִ֔יר לְ/קֹ֖דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִֽׁים

English Translation

And he built twenty cubits in length along the sides of the house with cedar boards from the floor to the walls, and he built for him a house for the Most Holy Place.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 And not long after this the king sent forth an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from t... Focus ↗

2 and also to pollute the sanctuary in Jerusalem, and to call it by the name of Jupiter Olympius, and... Focus ↗

3 But sore and utterly grievous was the visitation of this evil. Focus ↗

4 For the temple was filled with riot and revellings by the heathen, who dallied with harlots, and had... Focus ↗

5 and the place of sacrifice was filled with those abominable things which had been prohibited by the... Focus ↗

6 And a man could neither keep the sabbath, nor observe the feasts of the fathers, nor so much as conf... Focus ↗

7 And on the day of the king’s birth every month they were led along with bitter constraint to eat of... Focus ↗

8 And there went out a decree to the neighbouring Greek cities, by the suggestion of Ptolemy, that the... Focus ↗

9 and that they should slay such as did not choose to go over to the Greek rites. So the present miser... Focus ↗

10 for two women were brought up for having circumcised their children; and these, when they had led th... Focus ↗

11 And others, that had run together into the caves near by to keep the seventh day secretly, being bet... Focus ↗

12 I beseech therefore those that read this book, that they be not discouraged because of the calamitie... Focus ↗

13 For indeed that those who act impiously be not let alone any long time, but straightway meet with re... Focus ↗

14 For in the case of the other nations the Sovereign Lord doth with longsuffering forbear, until that... Focus ↗

15 that he may not take vengeance on us afterward, when we be come unto the height of our sins. Focus ↗

16 Wherefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us; but though he chasteneth with calamity, yet doth h...

17 Howbeit let this that we have spoken suffice to put you in remembrance; but after these few words... Focus ↗

18 Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, a man already well stricken in years, and of a noble countena... Focus ↗

19 But he, welcoming death with renown rather than life with pollution, advanced of his own accord to t... Focus ↗

20 coming forward as men ought to come that are resolute to repel such things as not even for the nat... Focus ↗

21 But they that had the charge of that forbidden sacrificial feast took the man aside, for the acquain... Focus ↗

22 that by so doing he might be delivered from death, and for his ancient friendship with them might be... Focus ↗

23 But he, having formed a high resolve, and one that became his years, and the dignity of old age, and... Focus ↗

24 For it becometh not our years to dissemble, said he, that through this many of the young should su... Focus ↗

25 and so they, by reason of my dissimulation, and for the sake of this brief and momentary life, shou... Focus ↗

26 For even if for the present time I shall remove from me the punishment of men, yet shall I not escap... Focus ↗

27 Wherefore, by manfully parting with my life now, I will shew myself worthy of mine old age, Focus ↗

28 and leave behind a noble ensample to the young to die willingly and nobly a glorious death for the r... Focus ↗

29 And when they changed the good will they bare him a little before into ill will, because these words... Focus ↗

30 and when he was at the point to die with the stripes, he groaned aloud and said, To the Lord, that h... Focus ↗

31 So this man also died after this manner, leaving his death for an ensample of nobleness and a memori... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Maccabees
Chapter: Chapter 6 (31 verses)
Version: Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books

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