Ezra 3
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Ezra 3:11-13

11And 1they sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “2For He is good, for His favor is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout of joy when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

12Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, 3the old men who had seen the first 4temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy,

13so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, because the people were shouting with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 3:11 2 Chr 7:3; Neh 12:24, 40 ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 3:11 1 Chr 16:34; 2 Chr 5:13; Ps 100:5; 106:1; 107:1; 118:1; 131:1; Jer 33:11 ↩
  3. 3. Ezra 3:12 Hag 2:3 ↩
  4. 4. Ezra 3:12 Lit house ↩

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