 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
 | William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 474 pages
...always 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... | |
 | James A. Begg - Millenium - 1830 - 264 pages
...• The second temple was greatly inferior to the first in splendour, as we read (Ezra iii. 12), " Many of the priests, and .Levites, and chief of the...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice." And concerning it, the Lord says to Israel, by the prophet Haggai, " Who is left among you that saw... | |
 | 1831 - 676 pages
...12 But many of the priests and Levkes and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had' eeen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before tlieir eyes, wept with a loud voice ; and many shouted aloud for joy : 13 So that the people could... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 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...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... | |
 | John Pearson - Apostles' Creed - 1832 - 652 pages
...tears dropped from those eyes which had beheld the former, (" For many of the priests and Lévites, and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that...was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice ;" Ezra iii. 12.) and by those words which God commanded Haggai to speak to the people for the introducing... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 540 pages
...conduct just. The persons who manifested such pungent grief were " the priests, and Levites, and the chief of the fathers who were ancient men, that had seen the former temple." It is true, they wept, because they well knew how infinitely this structure must fall... | |
 | Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - Quakers - 1833 - 638 pages
...of this in Ezra, iii. 12, 13, — "But many of the priests and Levites, and chief of the fathers, 93 who were ancient, men, that had seen the first house,...of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with aloud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy," &c. But it is a sad case, when God's servants, through... | |
 | 1833 - 930 pages
...the house of the LORD was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, old he LORD said to Moses, Lo, I come to thee in a thick...people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe ; and many shouted aloud for joy : 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of... | |
 | Author of The infant Christian's first catechism - Bible stories, English - 1833 - 238 pages
...people shouted with great shouts of joy, while the stones were being laid. But there were old men there, many of the priests and Levites, and chief of the fathers, who could not join in the rejoicings of the rest. They were ancient men, who had seen the first house ;... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...for from Ezra we learn, that in this respect, the former temple was far superior to the latter ; " e fulfilleth all his pleasure." What was the word of the Lord to Abrahan) 1 " And he so mortifying was the comparison. Our prophet himself holds the same language, eh. ii. 3. " Who is... | |
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