Ezra Chapter 3 10-12. Some Praised and Others Mourned—[Ezra 3:10, 11 quoted.] This praise and thanksgiving, we have no need to say, was entirely appropriate. The house upon which their eyes rested was of sufficient consequence for the Lord to send His word again and again to encourage the builders. The Lord gives His servants words to speak; and this gratitude all should have ... expressed when they saw that the foundation of the house ... was laid.{3BC 1133.14}

Kapitel 3

10-12. Nogle priste og andre knurrede.--[Ezra 3,10, 11 citeret.] Denne pris og taksigelse, behøver vi ikke kalde for helt passende. Det hus som deres øjne hvilede på, var af tilstrækkelig betydning for Herren at sende Sit ord igen og igen for at opmuntre bygmestrene. Herren giver sine tjenere ord at tale; og denne taknemmelighed bør alle have . . . . udtrykt når de ser at husets fundament var lagt.