Making something out of nothing. We often use that phrase in a negative sense. For example, when we believe someone is read­ing way too much into a situation or when someone is overreacting and jumping to conclusions that aren't merited by the actual situa­tion or facts, we dismiss the person's comments by saying, "You're making something out of nothing," or "You're just making a moun­tain out of a molehill!" The Jewish people who had returned out of exile in Babylon to Judah and Jerusalem during the reign of Darius/ Cyrus of Persia were pretty down about the situation facing them. After seventy years in exile under the Babylonians, those who wished to had been allowed to return to their homeland. However, what may have begun in great excitement with high expectations quickly settled into …