8 He who had just supposed himself to have the waves of the sea at his bidding because he was so superhumanly arrogant, and who thought to weigh the heights of the mountains in a balance, was now brought to the ground and carried in a litter, showing to all that the power was obviously God’s, (WEB) 9 so that worms swarmed out of the impious man’s body, and while he was still living in anguish and pain, his flesh fell off, and by reason of the stench all the army turned with loathing from his decay. (WEB) 10 The man who a little before supposed himself to touch the stars of heaven, no one could endure to carry because of his intolerable stench. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 9:8–10
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