2 Maccabees 6:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

and whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery.

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and that those who refused to change to Greek practices should be slaughtered. At that point it was easy to see the miserable state that had arrived.

and that those who were not willing to conform to the institutions of the Gentiles should be executed. Therefore, there was misery to be seen.

And whosoever would not conform themselves to the ways of the Gentiles, should be put to death: then was misery to be seen.

they were told to put to death every Jew who refused to adopt the Greek way of life. It was easy to see that hard times were ahead.

and that they should kill those who didn’t choose to go over to the Greek rites. So the present misery was for all to see.

Death would be the penalty for refusing to live like a Greek. Our people now realized that a time of dreadful suffering had arrived.