2 Maccabees 3:19-21

New Catholic Bible

¹⁹ Women thronged the streets girded with sackcloth under their breasts. Maidens who had been secluded indoors came running, some to the gates, others to the walls, while still others leaned out of windows, ²⁰ all of them raising their hands to heaven in supplication. ²¹ It was a pitiful sight to observe the crowd lying prostrate and the agony of the high priest in his great anguish.