“For he is good;
his loyal love toward Israel is forever.”
All the people gave a loud 2 shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established. 3:12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders 3 – older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established 4 – were weeping loudly, 5 and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout. 3:13 People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly 6 that the sound was heard a long way off.
1 tn Heb “they answered.”
2 tn Heb “great.”
3 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”
4 sn The temple had been destroyed some fifty years earlier by the Babylonians in 586
5 tn Heb “with a great voice.”
6 tn Heb “a great shout.”