¹² But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple,^(A) wept^(B) aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy.

¹³ No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy^(A) from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰ “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a](A) of grace and supplication.^(B) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(C) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(D) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(E)