Ezra 3:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Many of the older priests and Levites and the heads of families cried aloud because they remembered seeing the first temple years before. But others were so happy that they celebrated with joyful shouts.

Cross References

Ezra 3:13

Their shouting and crying were so noisy that it all sounded alike and could be heard a long way off.

Job 8:7

Your future will be brighter by far than your past.

Psalm 126:6

We cried on the way to plant our seeds, but we will celebrate and shout as we bring in the crops.

Psalm 147:1

Shout praises to the LORD! Our God is kind, and it is right and good to sing praises to him.

Isaiah 41:14

People of Israel, don't worry, though others may say, “Israel is only a worm!” I am the holy God of Israel, who saves and protects you.

Isaiah 60:22

Even the smallest family will be a powerful nation. I am the LORD, and when the time comes, I will quickly do all this.

Jeremiah 50:4

The LORD said: People of Israel and Judah, when these things happen you will weep, and together you will return to your land and worship me, the LORD your God.

Haggai 2:3

Does anyone remember how glorious this temple used to be? Now it looks like nothing.

Zechariah 4:10

Those who have made fun of this day of small beginnings will celebrate when they see Zerubbabel holding this important stone. Those seven lamps represent my eyes—the eyes of the LORD—and they see everything on this earth.