Ezra 3:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Many of the priests, Levites, and heads of ancestral houses, who were old enough to have seen the former house, cried out in sorrow as they watched the foundation of the present house being laid. Many others, however, lifted up their voices in shouts of joy.

Cross References

Ezra 3:13

No one could distinguish the sound of the joyful shouting from the sound of those who were weeping; for the people raised a mighty clamor which was heard far away.

Job 8:7

Though your beginning was small, your future will flourish indeed.

Psalm 126:6

Those who go forth weeping, carrying sacks of seed, Will return with cries of joy, carrying their bundled sheaves.

Psalm 147:1

Hallelujah! How good to sing praise to our God; how pleasant to give fitting praise.

Isaiah 41:14

Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you maggot Israel; I will help you—oracle of the Lord; the Holy One of Israel is your redeemer.

Isaiah 60:22

The least one shall become a clan, the smallest, a mighty nation; I, the Lord, will swiftly accomplish these things when the time comes.

Jeremiah 50:4

In those days and at that time—oracle of the Lord— Israelite and Judahite shall come together, Weeping as they come, to seek the Lord, their God;

Haggai 2:3

Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?

Zechariah 4:10

For whoever has scorned such a day of small things will rejoice to see the capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel. Resumption of the Vision: Explanation of Lamps and Trees. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord that range over the whole earth.”