Ezra 3:11-13

New Catholic Bible

¹¹ They chanted praise and offered thanksgiving to the Lord, singing:

Then all the people raised a great shout, praising the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord had been laid.^[a]

¹² However, many of the priests and Levites and heads of families, elderly people who had seen the former house, wept loudly in sorrow when they beheld the foundations of this one, although many others shouted aloud for joy. ¹³ As a result, the people were unable to distinguish the clamor of the joyful shouts from the cries of those who were weeping. So great were the shouts and the cries that the sounds could be heard a long distance away.