Ezra 3:10-12

Names of God Bible

A Celebration After the Laying of the Temple’s Foundation

¹⁰ The builders laid the foundation of Yahweh’s temple. Then the priests who were dressed in their robes took their places with trumpets, and the Levites who were Asaph’s descendants took their places with cymbals to praise Yahweh according to the instructions of King David of Israel. ¹¹ As they praised and gave thanks to Yahweh, they sang antiphonally:

Then all the people shouted, “Praise Yahweh,” because the foundation for the house of Yahweh had been laid.

¹² But many of the priests, Levites, and the heads of the families who were old enough to have seen the first temple with their own eyes began to sob when they saw the foundation of this temple. Many others shouted for joy.