以斯拉记 3:12
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:
Context
This verse from 以斯拉记 Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. 约坦之子亚哈斯继位，行以色列诸王的路，使儿子经火，亚兰和以色列攻打他，他向亚述求援，以圣殿宝物为酬，亚述王攻打但未帮助亚哈斯；亚哈斯见了大马士革的祭坛，照样仿造，并关闭了圣殿，在耶路撒冷各角建立祭坛，任由百姓拜偶像。
其他译本
But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, the old 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:
And many of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers, the aged men who had seen the first house--in this house being founded before their eyes--are weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout, in joy, lifting up the voice;
But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:
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