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2 Maccabees 9:5-7 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

5. So the all-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him down with an incurable and invisible blow; for scarcely had he uttered those words when he was seized with excruciating pains in his bowels and sharp internal torment,

6. a fit punishment for him who had tortured the bowels of others with many barbarous torments.

7. Far from giving up his insolence, he was all the more filled with arrogance. Breathing fire in his rage against the Jews, he gave orders to drive even faster. As a result he hurtled from the speeding chariot, and every part of his body was racked by the violent fall.

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