2 Maccabees 9:14 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And the city, to which he was going in haste to pull it down to the ground and to make it a mass grave, he now wanted to make free.

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Common English Bible

¹⁴ the holy city, to which he was rushing to knock down to the ground and turn into a mass cemetery, was now free.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And the city to which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a, common buryingplace, he now desireth to make free.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁴ “I once intended to level Jerusalem to the ground and make that holy city a graveyard full of Jews,” he said, “but now I declare it a free city.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

¹⁴ that the holy city, to which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground and to make it a common graveyard, he would declare free.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁴ Recently, I planned to trample down the holy city of Jerusalem and to turn it into a pile of Jewish bones. But now I give you my word that Jerusalem will be a free city.

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