Ezra 3:10-13

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁰ When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, stood by with trumpets, and the Levites, the descendants of Asaph, stood by with cymbals to praise the Lord as prescribed by David king of Israel. ¹¹ They sang antiphonally to praise and thank the Lord:

All the people shouted loud praise to the Lord when the foundation of the House of the Lord was laid. ¹² However, when many of the older priests, Levites, and heads of families, who had seen the first house, saw this house being founded, they wept loudly, although many also raised their voices in a shout of joy. ¹³ The people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful cry from the sound of the people weeping, because the people were shouting loudly, and the sound could be heard far away.