3 For you, like a house bravely built on the pillar of your children, bore the shock of tortures without swaying. (WEB) 4 Cheer up, therefore, O holy-minded mother! Hold the firm hope of your steadfastness with God. (WEB) 5 Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as you are established as honorable before God, and fixed in the sky with your sons whom you illuminated with religion to the stars. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 17:3–5
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4 Maccabees 15:15–17
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2 Esdras 10:49–51
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2 Esdras 2:14–16
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4 Maccabees 15:29–31
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2 Baruch 54:9–11
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Baruch 4:26–28
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