¹ tn Heb “gates,” also in vv. 55, 57.

² tn That is, on the gates. Cf. CEV “break the iron bars on bronze gates.”

³ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

² tn Aram “was at the gate of the king.”

¹ tn Heb “he shall shut the gate after he goes out.”

² tn Heb “and [into] rubble the gate is crushed.”

¹ tn Or “the Old Gate” (so KJV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”

⁴ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

¹ tn Heb “gates” (also in vv. 27, 28, 29).

³ tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in your own community.”

² tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB; likewise in vv. 17, 18).

³ tn Heb “all those going out the gate of his city.”

¹ tn Heb “all those going out the gate of his city.”

¹ sn The gate. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the location for conducting important public business.

⁵ tn Heb “gate,” which here stands for a walled city. To break through the gate complex would be to conquer the city, for the gate complex was the main area of defense (hence the translation “stronghold”).

⁵ sn From the Benjamin Gate…on to the Corner Gate marks the northern wall of the city of Jerusalem from east to west.

¹ tn Heb “the gate.” The term “gate” here functions as a synecdoche for the city as a whole, which the Edomites plundered.

² tn Heb “with two gates and a bar.” Since in English “bar” could be understood as a saloon, it has been translated as an attributive: “two barred gates.”

² tn Heb “sitting in the gate of Sodom.” The phrase “the gate of Sodom” has been translated “the city’s gateway” for stylistic reasons.