Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gates » Place for public concourse
She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Say, Hear the word of Yahweh, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.