12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the heads of the paternal houses—the old men who had seen the former house+—wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, while many others shouted joyfully at the top of their voice.+

3 ‘Who is left among you who saw this house* in its former glory?+ How does it look to you now? Does it not seem like nothing in comparison?’+