Ezra 3:10-13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Temple Foundation Completed
10 When the builders had laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph,(A) holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed.(B) 11 They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord: “For He is good; His faithful love to Israel endures forever.”(C) Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s house had been laid.(D)
12 But many of the older priests, Levites, and family leaders, who had seen the first temple, wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this house,(E) but many others shouted joyfully. 13 The people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shouting from that of the[a] weeping,(F) because the people were shouting so loudly. And the sound was heard far away.
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- Ezra 3:13 Lit the people
Zechariah 8:1-8
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Obedience and Feasting
8 The word of the Lord of Hosts came: 2 “The Lord of Hosts says this: I am extremely jealous(A) for Zion; I am jealous for her with great wrath.” 3 The Lord says this: “I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,(B) the mountain of the Lord of Hosts, and the Holy Mountain.” 4 The Lord of Hosts says this: “Old men and women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of advanced age. 5 The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.” 6 The Lord of Hosts says this: “Though it may seem incredible to the remnant of this people in those days, should it also seem incredible to Me?”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. 7 The Lord of Hosts says this: “I will save My people from the land of the east and the land of the west. 8 I will bring them back(C) to live in Jerusalem. They will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”(D)
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Malachi 4:4-6
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A Final Warning
4 “Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb(A) for all Israel. 5 Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet(B) before the great and awesome Day of the Lord comes.(C) 6 [a]And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.(D) Otherwise, I will come and strike the land[b] with a curse.”
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- Malachi 4:6 Mal 3:24 in Hb
- Malachi 4:6 Or earth
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