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
Ezra 3:10-13
International Standard Version
The Temple Foundation is Laid
10 After the builders laid the foundation for the Lord’s Temple, the priests stood in their ministerial robes with trumpets and the descendants of Levi (who were also descendants of Asaph) with cymbals to praise the Lord, according to instructions prepared by[a] David, king of Israel. 11 And they sang in unison[b] to one another, giving thanks to the Lord:
“He is good,
and his gracious love to Israel endures forever.”
And all the people shouted out loudly in praise to the Lord when the foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid.
Remembering the Former Temple
12 Now a number of the priests, the Levities, and the leading officials of the elders—who were very[c] elderly—had seen the former Temple with their own eyes. When they observed the foundation of the Temple being laid, they wept with a loud voice, while the rest of them shouted for joy. 13 As a result, the people couldn’t distinguish between the noise coming from the shouts of joy and the noise coming from the weeping people, because everyone[d] was shouting loudly and could be heard a long way off.
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