Ezra 3:12

A Conservative Version

But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers, the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, and many shouted aloud for joy.

Cross References

Haggai 2:3

Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? And how do ye see it now? Is it not in your eyes as nothing?

Zechariah 4:10

For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, the eyes of LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Isaiah 60:22

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, LORD, will hasten it in its time.

Isaiah 41:14

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. I will help thee, says LORD, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 126:6

He who goes forth and weeps, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves.

Job 8:7

And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

Ezra 3:13

So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

Jeremiah 50:4

In those days, and in that time, says LORD, the sons of Israel shall come, they and the sons of Judah together. They shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek LORD their God.

Psalm 147:1

Praise ye LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely.