2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 5:19

ἀλλ’ οὐ διὰ τὸν τόπον τὸ ἔθνος, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ ἔθνος τὸν τόπον ὁ κύριος ἐξελέξατο.
King James Version (KJV)

Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place's sake, but the place for the people's sake.

Modern English

Yet God had not chosen the people for the sake of the place, but rather the place for the sake of the people.

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