Ezra 3:13 (GNV)

Passage

So that the people coulde not discerne the sound of the shoute for ioy, from the noyse of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loude crie, and the noyse was heard farre off.

Nearby Context

Ezra 3:11 Thus they sang when they gaue prayse, and when they gaue thankes vnto the Lord, For he is good, for his mercie endureth for euer toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shoute, when they praysed the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was layed.

Ezra 3:12 Many also of the Priests and the Leuites and the chiefe of the fathers, ancient men which had seene the first house, (when the foundation of this house was layed before their eyes) wept with a loud voyce, and many shouted aloud for ioy,

Ezra 3:13 So that the people coulde not discerne the sound of the shoute for ioy, from the noyse of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loude crie, and the noyse was heard farre off.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "coulde", "discerne", "sound", "shoute", "noyse", and "weeping". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "coulde", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Many also of the Priests and the...", giving immediate footing for "people" and "coulde". In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "people" and "coulde" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.