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But nevertheless, though she had so many temptations to yield to her maternal instincts, in no single instance did the dreadful variety of tortures have power to alter her Reason; but the mother urged each son separately, and all together, to die for their religion.

I have proved, accordingly, that not only have men triumphed over their sufferings, but that a woman also has despised the most dreadful tortures.

I have proved, accordingly, that not only have men triumphed over their sufferings, but that a woman also has despised the most dreadful tortures.

For there is this also to consider, that had the woman been weak of spirit, despite her motherhood, she might have wept over them, and perchance spoken thus:

'Ah, thrice wretched me, and more than thrice wretched! Seven children have I borne and am left childless!

In vain was I seven times with child, and to no profit was my ten months' burden seven times borne, and fruitless have been my nursings, and sorrowful my sucklings.

Remember that for the sake of God ye have come into the world, and have enjoyed life, and that therefore ye owe it to God to endure all pain for his sake; for whom also our father Abraham made haste to sacrifice his son Isaac, the ancestor of our nation; and Isaac, seeing his father's hand lifting the knife against him, did not shrink.

Remember that for the sake of God ye have come into the world, and have enjoyed life, and that therefore ye owe it to God to endure all pain for his sake; for whom also our father Abraham made haste to sacrifice his son Isaac, the ancestor of our nation; and Isaac, seeing his father's hand lifting the knife against him, did not shrink.

And had it been lawful for us to paint, as might some artist, the tale of thy piety, would not the spectators have shuddered at the mother of seven sons suffering for righteousness' sake multitudinous tortures even unto death?

For Moses says, 'All also who have sanctified themselves are under thy hands.'

And these men, therefore, having sanctified themselves for God's sake, not only have received this honour, but also the honour that through them the enemy had no more power over our people, and the tyrant suffered punishment, and our country was purified, they having as it were become a ransom for our nation's sin; and through the blood of these righteous men and the propitiation of their death, the divine Providence delivered Israel that before was evil entreated.

For I should not have known how to love the Lord, if He had not loved me.

I have been united to I-run, for the Lover has found the Beloved,

Freely I have received thy grace, I shall live thereby:

And they shall have no light to see: they may not take hold upon me.

Let their counsel become thick darkness, and what I have cunningly devised, let it return upon their own heads:

For they have devised a counsel, and it did not succeed:

The Lord has multiplied the knowledge of Himself, and is zealous that these things should be known, which by His grace have been given to us.

They have assuaged the dry lips, and the will that had fainted they have raised up;

They have assuaged the dry lips, and the will that had fainted they have raised up;

And souls that were near departing they have caught back from death:

For I have a helper, the Lord.

And the Most High shall be known in His Saints, to announce to those that have songs of the coming of the Lord;

Your flesh has not known what I am saying to you neither have your hearts known what I am showing to you.

That none of those who hear may fall in war, and that those again who have known Him may not perish, and that those who receive may not be ashamed.

A stone of great price is it; and there have been wars on account of the crown.

And all those who have conquered shall be written in His book.

And I worshipped the Lord on account of His glory; and I said, Blessed, O Lord, are they who are planted in thy land! and those who have a place in thy Paradise;

And they grow by the fruits of the trees. And they have changed from darkness to light.

And they have turned back the bitterness of the trees from them, when they were planted in thy, land;

Blessed are they who by means thereof have understood everything, and have known the Lord in His truth. Hallelujah.

Blessed are they who by means thereof have understood everything, and have known the Lord in His truth. Hallelujah.

Because He is my Sun and His rays have lifted me up; and His light hath dispelled all darkness from my face.

In Him I have acquired eyes and have seen His holy day:

In Him I have acquired eyes and have seen His holy day:

Ears have become mine and I have heard His truth.

Ears have become mine and I have heard His truth.

The thought of knowledge hath been mine, and I have been delighted through Him.

The way of error I have left, and have walked towards Him and have received salvation from Him, without grudging.

The way of error I have left, and have walked towards Him and have received salvation from Him, without grudging.

The way of error I have left, and have walked towards Him and have received salvation from Him, without grudging.

I have put on incorruption through His name: and have put oft corruption by His grace.

I have put on incorruption through His name: and have put oft corruption by His grace.

For I am made strong in His praise, and I have faith in Him.

And all that have seen me were amazed: and I was regarded by them as a strange person:

And they too came in likeness of it and became vain; and those have understood who have known and meditated;

And they too came in likeness of it and became vain; and those have understood who have known and meditated;

And they have not been corrupt in their imagination; for such were in the mind of the Lord;

Love is of the elect? And who shall put it on except those who have possessed it from the beginning?

I believed; therefore I was at rest; for faithful is He in whom I have believed:

For I am ready before destruction comes; and I have been set on His immortal pinions:

Blessed are they who have drunk therefrom and have found rest thereby. Hallelujah.

Blessed are they who have drunk therefrom and have found rest thereby. Hallelujah.

Come forth, ye that have been afflicted and receive joy, and possess your souls by His grace; and take to you immortal life.

I am your judge; and they who have put me on shall not be injured: but they shall possess the new world that is incorrupt:

For they have despised those who persecuted them;

And those who had died ran towards me: and they cried and said, Son of God, have pity on us, and do with us according to thy kindness,

'Have you seen all that this people are doing to Me, that the evils which these two tribes which remained have done are greater than (those of) the ten tribes which were carried away captive?

'Have you seen all that this people are doing to Me, that the evils which these two tribes which remained have done are greater than (those of) the ten tribes which were carried away captive?

For the former tribes were forced by their kings to commit sin, but these two of themselves have been forcing and compelling their kings to commit sin.

For I have said these things to you that you may bid Jeremiah, and all those that are like you, to retire from this city.

And I said: 'O LORD, my Lord, have I come into the world for this purpose that I might see the evils of my mother? Not (so) my Lord.

If I have found grace in Your sight, first take my spirit that I may go to my fathers and not behold the destruction of my mother.

[Dost you think that this is that city of which I said: "On the palms of My hands have I graven you"?

And I answered and said: 'So then I am destined to grieve for Zion, For your enemies will come to this place and pollute Your sanctuary, And lead your inheritance into captivity, And make themselves masters of those whom you have loved, And they will depart again to the place of their idols, And will boast before them: And what will you do for Your great name?'

But do you go and do whatsoever I have said unto you.

And after these things I heard that angel saying unto those angels who held the lamps: 'Destroy, therefore, and overthrow its wall to its foundations, lest the enemy should boast and say: We have overthrown the wall of Zion, And we have burnt the place of the mighty God."'

And after these things I heard that angel saying unto those angels who held the lamps: 'Destroy, therefore, and overthrow its wall to its foundations, lest the enemy should boast and say: We have overthrown the wall of Zion, And we have burnt the place of the mighty God."'

And they have seized the place where I had been standing before.

For the barren shall above all rejoice, And those who have no sons shall be glad, And those who have sons shall have anguish.

For the barren shall above all rejoice, And those who have no sons shall be glad, And those who have sons shall have anguish.

For the barren shall above all rejoice, And those who have no sons shall be glad, And those who have sons shall have anguish.

Or why, again, should mankind have sons? Or why should the seed of their kind again be named, Where this mother is desolate, And her sons are led into captivity?

Who will be judge regarding these things? Or to whom shall we complain regarding that which has befallen us? O Lord, how have you borne (it)?

Because you have been astonished at what has befallen Zion, you shall therefore be assuredly preserved to the consummation of the times, that you may be for a testimony.

'Why hath the mighty God brought upon us this retribution?' Say you to them, you and those like you who shall have seen this evil: '(This is the evil) and retribution which is coming upon you and upon your people in its (destined) time that the nations may be thoroughly smitten.

For how long? you will say to them: "Ye who have drunk the strained wine, Drink you also of its dregs, The judgment of the Lofty One Who has no respect of persons."

But now, you peoples and nations, you are guilty Because you have always trodden down the earth, And used the creation unrighteously.

For I have always benefited you. And you have always been ungrateful for the beneficence.

For I have always benefited you. And you have always been ungrateful for the beneficence.

And I answered and said: 'Lo! you have shown me the method of the times, and that which shall be after these things, and you have said unto me, that the retribution, which has been spoken of by you, shall come upon the nations.

And I answered and said: 'Lo! you have shown me the method of the times, and that which shall be after these things, and you have said unto me, that the retribution, which has been spoken of by you, shall come upon the nations.

And now I know that those who have sinned are many, and they have lived in prosperity,' and departed from the world, but the few nations will be left in those times, to whom those words shall he said which you did say.

And now I know that those who have sinned are many, and they have lived in prosperity,' and departed from the world, but the few nations will be left in those times, to whom those words shall he said which you did say.

For what advantage is there in this, or what (evil), worse than what' we have seen befall us, are we to expect to see?

What have they profited who had knowledge before you and have not walked in vanity as the rest of the nations, and have not said to the dead: "Give us life," but always feared you, and have not left Your ways?

What have they profited who had knowledge before you and have not walked in vanity as the rest of the nations, and have not said to the dead: "Give us life," but always feared you, and have not left Your ways?

What have they profited who had knowledge before you and have not walked in vanity as the rest of the nations, and have not said to the dead: "Give us life," but always feared you, and have not left Your ways?

What have they profited who had knowledge before you and have not walked in vanity as the rest of the nations, and have not said to the dead: "Give us life," but always feared you, and have not left Your ways?

And lo! they have been carried off, nor on their account have you had mercy on Zion.

And lo! they have been carried off, nor on their account have you had mercy on Zion.

For we have all been made like a breath.

For the righteous justly hope for the end, and without fear depart from this habitation, because they have with you a store of works preserved in treasuries.

On this account also these without fear leave this world, and trusting with joy they hope to receive the world which you have promised them.

But you know accurately what you have done by means of Your servants; for we are not able to understand that which is good as you art, our Creator.

And the Lord answered and said unto me: 'You are rightly astonished regarding the departure of man, but you have not judged well regarding the evils which befall those who sin.

And as regards what you have said, that the righteous are carried off and the impious are prospered,

And as regards what you have said: "Man knows not Your judgment "

Man would not rightly have understood My judgment, unless he had accepted the law, and I had instructed him in understanding.

And I answered and said: 'He that lighted has taken from the light, and there are but few that have imitated him. But those many whom he has lighted have taken from the darkness of Adam and have not rejoiced in the light of the lamp.'