Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gates » Place for public concourse
She calls out at the head of the noisy streets [where large crowds gather];
At the entrance of the city gates she speaks her words:
Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so within the hearing of all the sons of Heth and all who were entering the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,
Beside the gates, at the entrance to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
“Judah mourns
And her gates languish;
Her people sit on the ground in mourning clothes
And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David—you and your servants and your people who enter by these gates.