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2 Maccabees 5:17 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

Antiochus became puffed up in spirit, not realizing that it was because of the sins of the city’s inhabitants that the Sovereign Lord was angry for a little while: hence the disregard of the place.

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