So that the people could not discern literally, -And the people &c." The people generally, not merely the leaders, were of two minds. The sounds were mingled together; the weeping near at hand was as loud as the shouting. And the confused sound was audible a long way off.
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The altar set up (Ezra 3:1)_ 2. The feast of tabernacles celebrated (Ezra 3:4) 3. The sacrifices brought (Ezra 3:5) 4. The foundation of the temple laid ...
THE LAYING OF THE TEMPLE FOUNDATION AND THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE. Ezra 3:7. masons. carpenters: those referred to were the men who hewed the stone from the quarries and those who prepared the rough stone...
SO THAT THE PEOPLE COULD NOT DISCERN THE NOISE OF THE SHOUT OF JOY FROM THE NOISE OF THE WEEPING OF THE PEOPLE. The two sounds were so mingled that they could not be distinguished from each other, but...
DISCOURSE: 433 THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE Ezra 3:11. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. But many of the...
2. The foundation of the new temple is laid. TEXT, EZRA 3:8-13 8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zeruhbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jesh...
_SO THAT THE PEOPLE COULD NOT DISCERN THE NOISE OF THE SHOUT OF JOY FROM THE NOISE OF THE WEEPING OF THE PEOPLE: FOR THE PEOPLE SHOUTED WITH A LOUD SHOUT, AND THE NOISE WAS HEARD AFAR OFF._ Could not...
THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c....
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 3 V1 When the *people of Israel were living in their towns, they all met in Jerusalem together. It was the 7th month. Verse 1 The people...
THE NOISE WAS HEARD AFAR OFF. — The people also mingled in the weeping, which was with shrill cries. The rejoicing and the sorrow were blended, and the common sound was heard from far. All here has th...
וְ אֵ֣ין הָ עָ֗ם מַכִּירִים֙ קֹ֚ול תְּרוּעַ֣ת
THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID Ezra 3:8 Foundation-laying is not always pleasant work. It means toil under ground, down in the trenches, unnoticed and unknown, and those who begin are often not pe...
The leaders in this return were evidently conscious of the matters of real importance in the life of the people. Directly they were settled in their cities, the altar of God was established at Jerusal...
This account affords an interesting moment of history, and furnisheth out as beautiful a representation of the love and zeal of both characters. It must have been a striking sight to have beheld those...
REFLECTIONS SEE, my soul, in those perilous, poor times of the church, yet amidst all their poverty, the altar was set up, and the foundation of the temple laid. But thine Altar is forever established...
In the seventh month [1], the children of Israel gather themselves together at Jerusalem, each one going up from the place where he dwelt. The first thing which they do there, under the direction of J...
SO THAT THE PEOPLE COULD NOT DISCERN THE NOISE OF THE SHOUT OF JOY FROM THE NOISE OF THE WEEPING OF THE PEOPLE,.... That is, not clearly and distinctly, they were so mixed and confounded together, and...
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. Ver. 13. _T...
_So that the people could not discern_, &c. The mixture of sorrow and joy here is a representation of this world. In heaven all are singing and none sighing; in hell all are wailing and none rejoicing...
1 The Altar is set vp. 4 Offerings frequented. 7 Workmen prepared. 8 The foundations of the Temple are laid in great ioy & mourning. 1 AND when the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Isr...
so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. The wailing...
THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID...
THE ALTAR AND SACRIFICES RESUMED (vv. 1-8) Though the building of the temple did not begin until the second month of the second year (v. 8), the children of Israel gathered together "as one man" in...
8-13 There was a remarkable mixture of affections upon laying the foundation of the temple. Those that only knew the misery of having no temple at all, praised the Lord with shouts of joy. To them, e...
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THE PREPARATION OF THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW TEMPLE AND THE REACTION OF THE PEOPLE (EZRA 3:8). In the seventh month of the first year of their ‘coming to the house of God at Jerusalem' the returnees...
CONTENTS: Altar set up and temple foundations relaid. Worship established. CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel, Jeshua. CONCLUSION: To see any branch of God's work reestablished after long desolations canno...
Ezra 3:1. _The seventh month,_ and the tenth day was the great and holy day of atonement, as explained in Leviticus 16. They had left Babylon in the spring; and being four months on their journey, the...
_And they sang together by course._ RELIGIOUS FEELING PROMPTS TO PRAISE During the persecution in Madagascar, a number of native Christians would assemble at midnight in the house of the missionary f...
_From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord._ THE FULL ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES PRECEDES SHE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE A weighty truth is enshri...
_And when the seventh month was come._ REBUILDING THE TEMPLE I. They began by re-establishing the worship and service of the holy place. They set up an altar, and offered the daily sacrifice. A wise...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 3:1 The Returned Exiles Rebuild the Temple on Its Original Site. The book of Ezra 1:1 spans several generations. The returnees begin rebuilding, encounter resistance, an
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 3:12 BUT MANY... WEPT WITH A LOUD VOICE. Some of the older people remembered the former temple and believed this new one would not match its glory....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains— 1. The rebuilding of the altar (Ezra 3:1_ a_). 2. The renewal of the sacrificial worship and of the observance of the religious festivals (Ezra...
§ 3. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND OPPOSITION MADE TO IT. EXPOSITION LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE AND CEREMONIAL ON...
And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothe...
1 Kings 1:40; 1 Kings 1:45; 1 Samuel 4:5; Exodus 32:17; Exodus 32:18;...
Could not discern — The mixture of sorrow and joy here, is a representation of this world. In heaven all are singing and none sighing; in hell all are wailing, and none rejoicing: but here on earth we...