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1 Maccabees 3:45

Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and harp ceased there.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner Revision) (DRC)

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