Ezra 3:12-13

Ezra 2 Ezra 4

Ezra 3:12-13 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

¹²Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first ^[a]temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy, ¹³so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, because the people were shouting with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away.

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Ezra 3:12 Lit house

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Psalm 126:5

Psalm 125 Psalm 127

Psalm 126:5 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

⁵Those who sow in tears shall harvest with joyful shouting.

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Psalm 126:5 in all English translations

Jeremiah 31:9

Jeremiah 30 Jeremiah 32

Jeremiah 31:9 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

⁹They will come with weeping,
And by pleading I will bring them;
I will lead them by streams of waters,
On a straight path on which they will not stumble;
For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.”