Ezr 3:12, Zec 4:9-10 | ESV | STEP | But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers ’ houses, old men who had seen the first house , wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy ,

a Hag. 2:3

b[Ezra 3:10]

c[See ver. 6 above]

d[ch. 1:16]

eSee ch. 2:9

j 2 Chr. 16:9; [Prov. 15:3]

Ezra 3:12

12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, ^aold men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy,

Zechariah 4:9-10

9 ^b“The hands of ^cZerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^dcomplete it. ^eThen you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 10 ^fFor whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see ^gthe plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^h“These seven ⁱare the eyes of the Lord, ^jwhich range through the whole earth.”