Ezra 3:12

New International Version

But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy.

Cross References

Ezra 3:13

No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

Job 8:7

Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

Psalm 126:6

Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.

Psalm 147:1

Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

Isaiah 41:14

Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 60:22

The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly.”

Jeremiah 50:4

“In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.

Haggai 2:3

‘Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing?

Zechariah 4:10

“Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”