Verse 12
Ezra 3:12
New Living Translation
12
But many of the older priests, Levites, and other leaders who had seen the first Temple wept aloud when they saw the new Temple’s foundation. The others, however, were shouting for joy.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/רַבִּ֡ים מֵ/הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּם֩ וְ/רָאשֵׁ֨י הָ/אָב֜וֹת הַ/זְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר רָא֜וּ אֶת הַ/בַּ֤יִת הָֽ/רִאשׁוֹן֙ בְּ/יָסְד֔/וֹ זֶ֤ה הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ בְּ/עֵ֣ינֵי/הֶ֔ם בֹּכִ֖ים בְּ/ק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל וְ/רַבִּ֛ים בִּ/תְרוּעָ֥ה בְ/שִׂמְחָ֖ה לְ/הָרִ֥ים קֽוֹל
English Translation
And many of the priests and the Levites and the heads of the fathers, the old men who had seen the first house when it was founded, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted for joy.
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