1 Maccabees 2:49LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 49 of 70
"Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:"
In context
47And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:
48And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.
49Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
50Now therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.
51And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name.