Ezra 3:12

Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy,

Haggai 2:3

‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison?

Job 8:7

“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will increase greatly.

Psalm 126:6

He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed,
Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Isaiah 41:14

“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 60:22

“The smallest one will become a clan,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

Jeremiah 31:8-9

“Behold, I am bringing them from the north country,
And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great company, they will return here.

Daniel 2:34-35

You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.

Zechariah 4:10

For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the Lord which range to and fro throughout the earth.”

Matthew 13:31-32

He presented another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

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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:

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Bible References

Many

Haggai 2:3
‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison?

When the foundation

Job 8:7
“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will increase greatly.
Isaiah 41:14
“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 60:22
“The smallest one will become a clan,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”
Daniel 2:34
You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.
Zechariah 4:10
For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the Lord which range to and fro throughout the earth.”
Matthew 13:31
He presented another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

Wept

Psalm 126:6
He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed,
Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
Jeremiah 31:8
“Behold, I am bringing them from the north country,
And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great company, they will return here.