2 Maccabees 8:17 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ holding before their eyes the contempt that had been brought upon the holy place by them, and likewise also the mockery which they held to the injury of the city, even to the extent of overthrowing the institutions of old.

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Common English Bible

¹⁷ and keep before their eyes the outrage committed unlawfully in the holy place, the torture of the scorned city, and the overthrow of their ancestral way of life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Setting before their eyes the injury they had unjustly done the holy place, and also the injury they had done to the city, which had been shamefully abused, besides their destroying the ordinances of the fathers.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁷ never forgetting the crimes the Gentiles had committed against the Temple and how they had made Jerusalem suffer terribly and had done away with Jewish traditions.

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

¹⁷ setting before their eyes the outrage that had been lawlessly perpetrated upon the holy place, and the torture of the city that had been turned to mockery, and further the overthrow of the way of life received from their ancestors.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁷ Don't ever forget how they disgraced our holy temple, or how they brought terrible troubles to Jerusalem and refused to let us follow the customs of our ancestors.

2 Maccabees 8:17 Tagairtí Cros