 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 Quarterly Review - Page 9edited by - 1828Full view - About this book
 | John Pearson (bp. of Chester.) - 1822 - 576 pages
...or building of it, as appeared by the tears dropt from those eyes which had beheld the former, " For many of the priests and levites, and chief of the...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice," Ezraiii. 12; and by those words which God commanded Haggai to speak to the people for the introducing... | |
 | Gerhard Friedrich A. Strauss - 1824 - 408 pages
...because the foundation of the house was laid. But many of the aged priests, and Levites and chiefs, that had seen the first house, when the foundation...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, and many shouted aloud for joy; so that the people could not distinguish the shout of joy from the... | |
 | Thomas Ward - Bible - 1824 - 120 pages
...say not reproving of the said stone, which is Christ ?§ Again, why translate they thus, " Many which had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept," &c. when in the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, it is read thus : " Many who had seen the first house in... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons, English - 1825 - 822 pages
...natural in such circumstances. This is described in the book of Ezra with much simplicity:—" But many of the priests and Levites, and chief of the...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice." Now the prophet Haggai was sent on this occasion to encourage those who were engaged in rebuilding... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - Bible - 1825 - 574 pages
...natural in such circumstances. This is described in the book of Ezra with much simplicity : — " But many of the priests and Levites, and chief of the...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice." Now the prophet Haggai was sent on this occasion to encourage those who were engaged in rebuilding... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 424 pages
...natural in ' such circumstances. This is described in the book of Ezra with much simplicity : — " But many of the priests and Levites, and chief of the...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice." Now the prophet Haggai was sent on this occasion to encourage those who were engaged in rebuilding... | |
 | William Jowett, Joseph Greaves - Christianity - 1825 - 550 pages
...however, diminished by its mournful defect in moral beauty. Here, they of the captivity in Ezra's days, Priests and Levites, and Chief of the fathers, who were ancient men that had seen the First House, wept with a loud voice on beholding the inferiority of the Second. Here, the Hebrew and the Christian... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers,...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice ; and many shouted aloud for joy : 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...of the LORD was laid. f 12 But many of the priests and tttre ancient men, that had eren -the ib ч in his stead. CHAP. XXVII. OTHAM i«u twenty and five / ТОТШ »F yea wiih a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy : 13 So that the people cuuld not discern the noise... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 pages
...the house of the LORD was laid. 1! But many of the priests and Lévites and chief of the fathers, vko were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for Joy : 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of... | |
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