Wept ... shouted ... for joy - Compare the marginal reference and Zechariah 4:10. It is implied that the dimensions of the second temple were smaller than those of the first. Hence, the feeling of sorrow which came upon some. They, however, who had not seen the former temple, and so could not contrast the two, naturally rejoiced to see the sanctuary of their religion begin to rise from its ruins.
Verse Ezra 3:12. _WEPT WITH A LOUD VOICE_] They saw that the glory had departed from Israel; in their circumstances it was impossible to build such a house as the first temple was; and had this been...
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...
BUT MANY OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES AND CHIEF OF THE FATHERS. Long and loud were these Jewish _Te Deums_ re-echoed by the shouts of the multitude. It was not, however,. day of unmingled joy, for among...
CHIEF. heads. WHO WERE. Some codices, with one early printed edition and "Vulgate, read "and the". SHOUTED ALOUD FOR JOY. Thus fulfilling Jeremiah 33:10; Jeremiah 33:11....
_But many_&c. _and chief of the fathers_, who were _ancient men, that_ R.V. BUT MANY &c. AND HEADS OF FATHERS" HOUSES, THE OLD MEN WHO, i.e. the heads of the people who would be most conspicuous, prie...
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...
_VER._ 12. _BUT MANY—WEPT WITH A LOUD VOICE_— Not only because this temple was likely to prove far inferior to that of Solomon as to its outward structure; but because it was also to want those extrao...
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...
_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...
THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c....
WEPT] Though the younger among the people were filled with hope, now that the house of the Lord was once more established in their midst, the older, who could remember the earlier Temple, destroyed ab...
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...
BUT MANY OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES... WEPT WITH A LOUD VOICE. — This most affecting scene requires the comment of Haggai 2 and Zeeh. 4. The first house was destroyed in B.C. 588, fifty years before....
וְ רַבִּ֡ים מֵ הַ כֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְ הַ
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...
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, (g) wept with a loud...
Temple. This second temple, though very large (2 Machabees xiv. 13.) and magnificent, (Aggeus ii. 10,) never equalled the glory of the first, in its outward appearance, being also destitute of the ark...
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...
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...
BUT MANY OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES, AND CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, WHO WERE ANCIENT MEN,.... Seventy or eighty years of age: THAT HAD SEEN THE FIRST HOUSE; the temple built by Solomon, as they very well...
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 voic...
_And they sang together by course_ That is, answered one another alternately. _And all the people shouted with a great shout_ The people were very differently affected upon this occasion. Those that h...
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...
THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID...
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, of very great age, THAT HAD SEEN THE FIRST HOUSE, even if only in their early youth, WHEN THE FOUNDATION OF THIS HOU...
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...
HAD SEEN THE FIRST HOUSE; which divers of them might very well do, because it was destroyed not quite sixty years ago, as is manifest from 2KI 25 2CH 36 EZE 40:1. WEPT WITH A LOUD VOICE; partly, becau...
Ezra 3:12 many H7227 priests H3548 Levites H3881 heads H7218 fathers H1 men H2205 seen H7200 (H8804) first...
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...
Daniel 2:34; Daniel 2:35; Haggai 2:3; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 60:22;...
Had seen — Which divers of them might well do; because it was destroyed not sixty years ago. Wept — Because of the poor preparations made for this, in comparison of what was made for the other temple:...