Ezra 3:13 (YLT)

Passage

and the people are not discerning the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people are shouting--a great shout--and the noise hath been heard unto a distance.

Nearby Context

Ezra 3:11 And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness <FI>is<Fi> over Israel, and all the people have shouted--a great shout--in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.

Ezra 3:12 And many of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers, the aged men who had seen the first house--in this house being founded before their eyes--are weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout, in joy, lifting up the voice;

Ezra 3:13 and the people are not discerning the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people are shouting--a great shout--and the noise hath been heard unto a distance.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "discerning", "noise", "shout", and "weeping". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "discerning", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "And many of the priests and the...", giving immediate footing for "people" and "discerning". 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 "discerning" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.