303 verses contain “doo” (in the KJV: 270, in the BSB: 163) — showing 101–200
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And for the entering of the
oracle he made
doors of olive tree: the
lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
The double
doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them
cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the
cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
And the two
doors were of
fir tree: the two leaves of the one
door were folding, and the two leaves of the other
door were folding.
The two
doors were made of
cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
And the
bowls, and the
snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the
doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the
doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
the pure gold basins,
wick trimmers,
sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the
doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the
doors of the main hall of the temple.
And it was so, when
Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the
door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of
Jeroboam; why feignest thou
thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy
tidings.
So when
Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the
door, he said, “Come in, wife of
Jeroboam! Why are you
disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
And
Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the
threshold of the
door, the child died;
Then
Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she
stepped over the
threshold of the house, the boy died.
And king
Rehoboam made in their
stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the
door of the king’s house.
Then King
Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
“Call her,” said
Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the
doorway.
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
He went in therefore, and shut the
door upon them
twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
So
Naaman came with his horses and with his
chariot, and stood at the
door of the house of
Elisha.
But
Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but
ere the
messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the
messenger cometh, shut the
door, and hold him fast at the
door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
Now
Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a
messenger ahead, but before he arrived,
Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the
messenger comes, shut the
door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their
plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are
doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have
anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the
door, and
flee, and
tarry not.
Then take the
flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I
anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the
door and run. Do not delay!”
And the dogs shall eat
Jezebel in the portion of
Jezreel, and there shall be none to
bury her. And he opened the
door, and fled.
And on the plot of ground at
Jezreel the dogs will
devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to
bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the
door and ran.
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the
lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the
door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its
lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the
threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
At that time did
Hezekiah cut off the gold from the
doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which
Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
At that time
Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the
doors and
doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the
door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for
Baal, and for the
grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto
Bethel.
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the
doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for
Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to
Bethel.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the
door:
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest,
Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three
doorkeepers.
And
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
And Shebaniah, and
Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and
Zechariah, and Benaiah, and
Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the
trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-
edom and Jehiah were
doorkeepers for the ark.
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai,
Zechariah, Benaiah, and
Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the
trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-
edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
And David prepared iron in abundance for the
nails for the
doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the
nails for the
doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be
weighed He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and
doors with gold, and he carved
cherubim on the walls.
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and
doors for the court, and overlaid the
doors of them with brass.
He made the
courtyard of the priests and the large court with its
doors, and he overlaid the
doors with bronze.
And the
snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner
doors thereof for the most holy place, and the
doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
the
wick trimmers,
sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold
doors of the temple: the inner
doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the
doors of the main hall.
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and
prospered.
So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and
surround them with walls and towers, with
doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and
prospered.
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be
porters of the
doors;
This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,
And
Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the
doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
Then
Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the
doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
In the first month of the first year of his reign,
Hezekiah opened and repaired the
doors of the house of the LORD.
Also they have shut up the
doors of the
porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
They also shut the
doors of the
portico and
extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the
doors had gathered of the hand of
Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the
remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the
doors had collected from the people of
Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the
remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
Also we
certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers,
porters,
Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to
impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
And be
advised that you have no authority to
impose tribute, duty, or
toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers,
doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they
sanctified it, and set up the
doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they
sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and
installed its
doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and
installed its
doors, bolts, and bars.
Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and
installed its
doors, bolts, and bars.
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it,
installed its
doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he build it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and
installed its
doors, bolts, and bars.
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of
Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of
Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the
doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the
pool of
Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of
Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of
Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and
installed its
doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the
Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
After him
Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the
door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Next to him,
Baruch son of Zabbai
diligently repaired another section, from the angle to the
doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
Next to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the
doorway of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house.
Now it came to pass, when
Sanballat, and
Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the
doors upon the gates;)
When
Sanballat,
Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a
gap was left—though to that time I had not yet
installed the
doors in the gates—
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the
doors of the temple: for they will come to
slay thee;
yea, in the night will they come to
slay thee.
Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the
doors, and the
porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the
doors, and bar them: and
appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the
doors shut and securely fastened. And
appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”
In those days, while
Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the
door, were
wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king
Ahasuerus.
And it was found written, that
Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the
door, who sought to lay hand on the king
Ahasuerus.
And there it was found recorded that
Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had
conspired to
assassinate King
Xerxes.
Because it shut not up the
doors of my mother’s
womb, nor
hid sorrow from mine eyes.
For that night did not shut the
doors of the
womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
If mine heart have been
deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s
door;
The stranger did not
lodge in the street: but I opened my
doors to the traveller.
but no stranger had to
lodge on the street, for my
door has been open to the traveler—
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families
terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the
door?
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans
terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
Or who shut up the sea with
doors, when it
brake forth, as if it had issued out of the
womb?
Who enclosed the sea behind
doors when it
burst forth from the
womb,
And
brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and
doors,
when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Who can open his jaws, ringed by his
fearsome teeth?
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have
endured for ever.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
O Daughter of Babylon,
doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not
nigh the
door of her house:
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she
cries out:
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my
doors, waiting at the posts of my
doorway.
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
As the
door turneth upon his hinges, so
doth the
slothful upon his bed.
As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
And the
doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the
grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
when the
doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow
faint,
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the
door, and my
bowels were moved for him.
My beloved put his hand to the
latch; my heart pounded for him.
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
The mandrakes send forth a
fragrance, and at our
door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have
treasured up for you, my beloved.
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a
door, we will inclose her with boards of
cedar.
If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a
door, we will
enclose her with panels of
cedar.
And the posts of the
door moved at the voice of him that
cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
At the sound of their voices the
doorposts and thresholds
shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy
doors about thee: hide
thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be overpast.
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your
doors behind you. Hide
yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
Thus saith the LORD to his
anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have
holden, to
subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His
anointed, whose right hand I have
grasped to
subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the
doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
Behind the
doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy
remembrance: for thou hast discovered
thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
Behind the
door and
doorpost you have set up your
memorial.
Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you
climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a
pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have
gazed upon their nakedness.
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
They will not labor in vain or bear children
doomed to
disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.
Why do we sit still?
assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have
sinned against the LORD.
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us
flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has
doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have
sinned against the LORD.
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought
lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat
avert your
doom, so that you can
rejoice?
And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the
doorkeeper.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the
door:
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest,
Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three
doorkeepers.
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is
panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath
blossomed, pride hath
budded.
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a
lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the
door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the
idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
Then said he unto me, Son of man,
dig now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold a
door.
“Son of man,” He told me, “
dig through the wall.” So I
dug through the wall and discovered a
doorway.
Then he brought me to the
door of the gate of the LORD’S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women
weeping for
Tammuz.
Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there,
weeping for
Tammuz.
And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’S house, and, behold, at the
door of the temple of the LORD, between the
porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the
portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’S house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
As I watched, the
cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people.
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to
defile herself.
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own
doom by
shedding blood within her walls and making idols to
defile herself,
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a
cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of
doom for the nations.
In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
Then he measured the
gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from
doorway to
doorway.