Ezra 3:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.

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  • 1 Chr 16:34 : 34 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Ps 107:1 : 1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • 2 Chr 7:3 : 3 And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Neh 12:24 : 24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.
  • Ps 106:1 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Jer 33:11 : 11 Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.
  • Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
  • 1 Chr 16:41 : 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lord, for his mercy is unchanging for ever;
  • Ps 118:1 : 1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Ps 135:3 : 3 Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.
  • Ps 136:1-9 : 1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 2 O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 3 O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 4 To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 5 To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 6 To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 8 The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 9 The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 10 To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 11 And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 12 With a strong hand and an outstretched arm: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 13 To him who made a way through the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 14 And let Israel go through it: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 15 By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 16 To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 17 To him who overcame great kings: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 18 And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 19 Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 20 And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 21 And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 22 Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 23 Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 24 And has taken us out of the hands of our haters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 25 Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 26 O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Neh 12:40 : 40 So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:
  • Ps 24:7-9 : 7 Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 8 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of strength and power, the Lord strong in war. 9 Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; let them be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 10 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah.)
  • Isa 44:23 : 23 Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
  • Rev 21:10-14 : 10 And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass: 12 She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 13 And on the east were three doors; and on the north three doors; and on the south three doors; and on the west three doors. 14 And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
  • Ps 47:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy.
  • Ps 47:5 : 5 God has gone up with a glad cry, the Lord with the sound of the horn.
  • Ps 102:13-14 : 13 You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted. 14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust.
  • Exod 15:21 : 21 And Miriam, answering, said, Make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory; the horse and the horseman he has sent into the sea.
  • Josh 6:5 : 5 And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.
  • Ps 145:1-9 : 1 <A Song of praise. Of David.> Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I give you blessing, praising your name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his power may never be searched out. 4 One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength. 5 My thoughts will be of the honour and glory of your rule, and of the wonder of your works. 6 Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts; I will give word of your glory. 7 Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your mercy, and they will make songs of your righteousness. 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy. 9 The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works. 10 All the works of your hands give praise to you, O Lord; and your saints give you blessing. 11 Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and their talk of your strength;
  • Isa 6:3 : 3 And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory.
  • Isa 12:6 : 6 Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.
  • Josh 6:10 : 10 And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.
  • Josh 6:16 : 16 And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.

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    11 And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

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    19 And the Levites, the children of the Kohathites and the Korahites, got to their feet and gave praise to the Lord, the God of Israel, with a loud voice.

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    3 O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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    6 And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.