Ezra 3:13

so that the people could not distinguish the noise of the shout of joy, from the noise of the weeping of the people,—for, the people, did shout with a great shout, and, the noise, was heard afar off.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, many of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral chiefs, who were old men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, were weeping with a loud voice,—many, however, shouting and rejoicing, with voice raised on high;

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Cross References

Judges 2:5So they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifice there, unto Yahweh.

1 Kings 1:40And all the people came up after him, the people themselves also, playing with flutes, and rejoicing with great joy,—so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

Nehemiah 12:43And they sacrificed, on that day, great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for, God, had caused them to rejoice with great joy, moreover also, the women and children, rejoiced,—so that the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard afar off.

Psalms 100:1Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth:

Zechariah 4:7Who, art, thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, [brought down] to a plain! So shall he bring forth the headstone, with thundering shouts Beautiful! Beautiful! thereunto.

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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