2 Maccabees 8:3

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 to him,

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,

and to have pity on the city that was suffering ruin and ready to be leveled to the ground, and to listen to the blood that cried out to him,