Ezra 3:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

Many

Haggai 2:3

When the foundation

Wept

Jeremiah 31:8

Bible References

Many

Who is there still among you who saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?

When the foundation

And though your start was small, your end will be very great.

Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.

While you were looking at it, a stone was cut out, but not by hands, and it gave the image a blow on its feet, which were of iron and earth, and they were broken in bits.

For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

Wept

See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.