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1 Maccabees 2:7

And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it is given into the hands of the enemies?

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner Revision) (DRC)

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision. Public domain text sourced from Project Gutenberg (eBook #1581).