shah'-ar
from 8176 in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or
gate:--city, door, gate, port (X -er).
see Hebrew for [08176]
For, lo, I will call [07121] all the families [04940] of the kingdoms [04467] of the north [06828], saith [05002] the Lord [03068]; and they shall come [0935], and they shall set [05414] every one [0376] his throne [03678] at the entering [06607] of the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389], and against all the walls [02346] thereof round about [05439], and against all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063].
Stand [05975] in the gate [08179] of the Lord's [03068] house [01004], and proclaim [07121] there this word [01697], and say [0559], Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], all ye of Judah [03063], that enter in [0935] at these gates [08179] to worship [07812] the Lord [03068].
Judah [03063] mourneth [056], and the gates [08179] thereof languish [0535]; they are black [06937] unto the ground [0776]; and the cry [06682] of Jerusalem [03389] is gone up [05927].
And I will fan [02219] them with a fan [04214] in the gates [08179] of the land [0776]; I will bereave [07921] them of children, I will destroy [06] my people [05971], since they return [07725] not from their ways [01870].children: or, whatsoever is dear
Thus said [0559] the Lord [03068] unto me; Go [01980] and stand [05975] in the gate [08179] of the children [01121] of the people [05971], whereby the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] come in [0935], and by the which they go out [03318], and in all the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389];
And say [0559] unto them, Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], ye kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and all Judah [03063], and all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], that enter in [0935] by these gates [08179]:
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Take heed [08104] to yourselves [05315], and bear [05375] no burden [04853] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117], nor bring [0935] it in by the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389];
And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently [08085] hearken [08085] unto me, saith [05002] the Lord [03068], to bring [0935] in no burden [04853] through the gates [08179] of this city [05892] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117], but hallow [06942] the sabbath [07676] day [03117], to do [06213] no [01115] work [04399] therein;
Then shall there enter [0935] into the gates [08179] of this city [05892] kings [04428] and princes [08269] sitting [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], riding [07392] in chariots [07393] and on horses [05483], they, and their princes [08269], the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]: and this city [05892] shall remain [03427] for ever [05769].
But if ye will not hearken [08085] unto me to hallow [06942] the sabbath [07676] day [03117], and not to bear [05375] a burden [04853], even entering in [0935] at the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117]; then will I kindle [03341] a fire [0784] in the gates [08179] thereof, and it shall devour [0398] the palaces [0759] of Jerusalem [03389], and it shall not be quenched [03518].
And go forth [03318] unto the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], which is by the entry [06607] of the east [02777] gate [08179], and proclaim [07121] there the words [01697] that I shall tell [01696] thee,the east…: Heb. the sun gate
Then Pashur [06583] smote [05221] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], and put [05414] him in the stocks [04115] that were in the high [05945] gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144], which was by the house [01004] of the Lord [03068].
And say [0559], Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], O king [04428] of Judah [03063], that sittest [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], thou, and thy servants [05650], and thy people [05971] that enter [0935] in by these gates [08179]:
For if ye do [06213] this thing [01697] indeed [06213], then shall there enter in [0935] by the gates [08179] of this house [01004] kings [04428] sitting [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], riding [07392] in chariots [07393] and on horses [05483], he, and his servants [05650], and his people [05971].upon…: Heb. for David upon his throne
He shall be buried [06912] with the burial [06900] of an ass [02543], drawn [05498] and cast forth [07993] beyond [01973] the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389].
When the princes [08269] of Judah [03063] heard [08085] these things [01697], then they came up [05927] from the king's [04428] house [01004] unto the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], and sat down [03427] in the entry [06607] of the new [02319] gate [08179] of the Lord's [03068] house.in the…: or, at the door
Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], that the city [05892] shall be built [01129] to the Lord [03068] from the tower [04026] of Hananeel [02606] unto the gate [08179] of the corner [06438].
And the whole valley [06010] of the dead bodies [06297], and of the ashes [01880], and all the fields [08309] [07709] unto the brook [05158] of Kidron [06939], unto the corner [06438] of the horse [05483] gate [08179] toward the east [04217], shall be holy [06944] unto the Lord [03068]; it shall not be plucked up [05428], nor thrown down [02040] any more for ever [05769].
Then read [07121] Baruch [01263] in the book [05612] the words [01697] of Jeremiah [03414] in the house [01004] of the Lord [03068], in the chamber [03957] of Gemariah [01587] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227] the scribe [05608], in the higher [05945] court [02691], at the entry [06607] of the new [02319] gate [08179] of the Lord's [03068] house [01004], in the ears [0241] of all the people [05971].entry: or, door
And when he was in the gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144], a captain [01167] of the ward [06488] was there, whose name [08034] was Irijah [03376], the son [01121] of Shelemiah [08018], the son [01121] of Hananiah [02608]; and he took [08610] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], saying [0559], Thou fallest away [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778].
Now when Ebed–melech [05663] the Ethiopian [03569], one [0376] of the eunuchs [05631] which was in the king's [04428] house [01004], heard [08085] that they had put [05414] Jeremiah [03414] in the dungeon [0953]; the king [04428] then sitting [03427] in the gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144];
And all the princes [08269] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came in [0935], and sat [03427] in the middle [08432] gate [08179], even Nergal–sharezer [05371], Samgar–nebo [05562], Sarsechim [08310], Rab–saris [07249], Nergal–sharezer [05371], Rab–mag [07248], with all the residue [07611] of the princes [08269] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah [06667] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] saw [07200] them, and all the men [0582] of war [04421], then they fled [01272], and went forth [03318] out of the city [05892] by night [03915], by the way [01870] of the king's [04428] garden [01588], by the gate [08179] betwixt the two walls [02346]: and he went out [03318] the way [01870] of the plain [06160].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635]; The broad [07342] walls [02346] of Babylon [0894] shall be utterly [06209] broken [06209], and her high [01364] gates [08179] shall be burned [03341] with fire [0784]; and the people [05971] shall labour [03021] in vain [07385], and the folk [03816] in [01767] the fire [0784], and they shall be weary [03286].The broad…: or, The walls of broad Babylonbroken: or, made naked
Then the city [05892] was broken up [01234], and all the men [0582] of war [04421] fled [01272], and went forth [03318] out of the city [05892] by night [03915] by the way [01870] of the gate [08179] between the two walls [02346], which was by the king's [04428] garden [01588]; (now the Chaldeans [03778] were by the city [05892] round about [05439]:) and they went [03212] by the way [01870] of the plain [06160].