2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 8:3

ἐλεῆσαι δὲ καὶ τὴν καταφθειρομένην πόλιν καὶ μέλλουσαν ἰσόπεδον γίνεσθαι καὶ τῶν καταβοώντων πρὸς αὐτὸν αἱμάτων εἰσακοῦσαι,
King James Version (KJV)

And that he would have compassion upon the city, sore defaced, and ready to be made even with the ground; and hear the blood that cried unto him,

Modern English

to have compassion on the city, badly ravaged and nearly leveled to the ground, and to hear the blood that cried out to him,

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