Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gates » Place for public concourse
She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words:
Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the sons of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she cries aloud:
Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish. They sit in black upon the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
and say, Hear the word of LORD, O king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people who enter in by these gates.