1 Esdras 5:63

63 Some of the levitical priests and heads of ancestral houses, old men who had seen the former house, came to the building of this one with outcries and loud weeping,

1 Esdras 5:63 In-Context

61 they sang hymns, giving thanks to the Lord, "For his goodness and his glory are forever upon all Israel."

62 And all the people sounded trumpets and shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord for the erection of the house of the Lord.

63 Some of the levitical priests and heads of ancestral houses, old men who had seen the former house, came to the building of this one with outcries and loud weeping,

64 while many came with trumpets and a joyful noise,

65 so that the people could not hear the trumpets because of the weeping of the people. For the multitude sounded the trumpets loudly, so that the sound was heard far away;