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4 Maccabees 12
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
When he, too, had undergone blessed martyrdom, and died in the caldron into which he had been thrown, the seventh, the youngest of all, came forward:
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seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavoured to counsel him, saying,
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Thou seest the end of the madness of thy brethren: for they have died in torture through disobedience; and you, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented, will yourself perish prematurely.
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And having thus exhorted him, he sent for the mother of the boy; that, by condoling with her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to render the survivor obedient.
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And he, after his mother had urged him on in the Hebrew tongue, (as we shall soon relate) says,
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Impious tyrant, and most blasphemous man, wert thou not ashamed, having received prosperity and a kingdom from God, to slay His servants, and to rack the doers of godliness?
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Wherefore the divine vengeance is reserving thee for eternal fire and torments, which shall cling to thee for all time.
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Wert thou not ashamed, man as thou art, yet most savage, to cut out the tongues of men of like feeling and origin, and having thus abused to torture them?
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But thou shalt groan according to thy deserts for having slain without cause the champions of virtue.
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