37 So the entire army went to Mount Zion.
38 They saw the deserted temple and the unclean altar, where the Gentiles had sacrificed unfit animals. The temple's doors had been burned, and the priests' rooms were damaged. Tall bushes and weeds were growing in the temple courtyard, making it look like a forest or a mountain.
39 Judas and his soldiers grieved terribly. They tore their clothes, then threw ashes on their heads
40 and lay face down on the ground. A trumpet was blown, and they began praying out loud to their God.
41 Judas ordered some of his soldiers to keep the enemy fortress under attack, so that others could clean up the temple.
42 He chose honest and faithful priests
43 and put them in charge of cleaning out the temple.The priests hauled away the unclean stones to a garbage heap.