1 Maccabees 2:1–14 (Sacred Hip-Hop) The Day Mattathias Said “Woe Is Me”

⁣“The Cry of Mattathias” retells the grief recorded in 1 Maccabees 2:1–14, where a righteous priest named Mattathias witnessed the destruction, blasphemies, and suffering that overtook Jerusalem.

This chapter reveals:
• the lineage of Mattathias, a priest of the Joarib order
• his five sons: Joannan (Caddis), Simon (Thassi), Judas Maccabeus, Eleazar (Avaran), Jonathan (Apphus)
• the blasphemies committed in Judah and Jerusalem
• the holy city stripped of glory
• infants slain, young men murdered
• the sanctuary profaned, its beauty taken
• nations plundering her treasures
• Jerusalem reduced from a free woman to a bondslave
• Mattathias tearing his clothes, mourning in sackcloth

This moment — his lament, his agony, his question “To what end shall we live any longer?” — is the emotional foundation of the entire Hanukkah story.

This track blends spoken-word prophecy, hip-hop narration, and gospel soul, keeping oral tradition alive through powerful musical storytelling.

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