Ezra 3:13

So that in the ears of the people the cry of joy was mixed with the sound of weeping; for the cries of the people were loud and came to the ears of those who were a long way off.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

In Context

12But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

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Cross References

Judges 2:5And they gave that place the name of Bochim, and made offerings there to the Lord.

1 Kings 1:40And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.

Nehemiah 12:43And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.

Psalms 100:1A Psalm of Praise. Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth.

Zechariah 4:7Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 3:9-13

The Foundation of the Temple Laid. ( b. c. 535.) 8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord . 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel… Read the whole commentary →

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