Ezra 3:10-12

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:

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.