The FISH gate

 

JESUS declares:

Luke 11:11

King James Version

11 If a son shall ask bread 

of any of you that is a father, 

will he give him a stone? 

or if he ask a fish, 

will he for a fish give him a serpent?

What is the significance of Jerusalem's "Fish Gate"?

SPIRIT led me to this verse today.

Definitely a Bible prophecy.

Which we must pay attention to.

Zephaniah 1:10

King James Version

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, 

saith the Lord, 

that there shall be the noise of a cry 

from the fish gate, 

and an howling from the second, 

and a great crashing from the hills.

What "day" was that?

Zephaniah 1:7

King James Version

7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: 

for the day of the Lord is at hand: 

for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, 

he hath bid his guests.

Why was the LORD angry?

Why was judgment to be meted out?

What must Israel expect?

These I found:

Zephaniah 1:2-6

King James Version

2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, 

saith the Lord.

3 I will consume man and beast; 

I will consume the fowls of the heaven, 

and the fishes of the sea, 

and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: 

and I will cut off man from off the land, 

saith the Lord.

4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, 

and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 

and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, 

and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;

5 And them that worship 

the host of heaven upon the housetops; 

and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, 

and that swear by Malcham;

6 And them that are turned back from the Lord; 

and those that have not sought the Lord, 

nor enquired for him.

Zephaniah 1:14-16

King James Version

14 The great day of the Lord is near, 

it is near, and hasteth greatly, 

even the voice of the day of the Lord: 

the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

15 That day is a day of wrath, 

a day of trouble and distress, 

a day of wasteness and desolation, 

a day of darkness and gloominess, 

a day of clouds and thick darkness,

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm 

against the fenced cities, 

and against the high towers.

Zephaniah 1:17-18

King James Version

17 And I will bring distress upon men, 

that they shall walk like blind men, 

because they have sinned against the Lord: 

and their blood shall be poured out as dust, 

and their flesh as the dung.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold 

shall be able to deliver them 

in the day of the Lord's wrath; 

but the whole land shall be devoured 

by the fire of his jealousy: 

for he shall make even a speedy riddance* 

of all them that dwell in the land.

The fish gate must be that important, if the cry, during the day of the LORD, would originate from there.

I remembered SPIRIT and I wrote an earlier post about the fish gate.

Which was the second gate rebuilt by Israel, through Nehemiah:

Nehemiah 3:3

King James Version

3 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.

Another verse about the fish gate could be found here:

2 Chronicles 33:14

King James Version

14 Now after this he built a wall 

without the city of David, 

on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, 

even to the entering in at the fish gate, 

and compassed about Ophel, 

and raised it up a very great height, 

and put captains of war 

in all the fenced cities of Judah.

That verse referred to the builder as Manasseh, the 14th king of Judah.

He began to rule at age 12, and did so for 55 years.

Only thing, he did evil in the eyes of the LORD.

So, GOD sent him judgement.

But was brought back to his kingdom, when he repented of his sins.

That's why he built the outer wall of Jerusalem, even to the "entering in at the fish gate".

We also learn that his son, Amon, did evil in the eyes of the LORD.

After which, his son, Josiah, became king.

2 Chronicles 33:25

King James Version

25 But the people of the land slew all them 

that had conspired against king Amon; 

and the people of the land made Josiah 

his son king in his stead.

The connection of king Josiah to prophet Zephaniah, can be found in this verse:

Zephaniah 1:1

King James Version

1 The word of the Lord 

which came unto Zephaniah 

the son of Cushi, 

the son of Gedaliah,

the son of Amariah, 

the son of Hizkiah, 

in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, 

king of Judah.

Interesting how Jerusalem's "fish gate" witnessed her sins, ruin, other nations' oppression of her, and will witness GOD's future wrath.

Another interesting revelation is what will happen to the Levant during that "day of the LORD".

*NOTE: there will be a "remnant" of the people of Israel, as this verse says:

Zephaniah 2:7

King James Version

7 And the coast shall be 

for the remnant of the house of Judah; 

they shall feed thereupon:

in the houses of Ashkelon 

shall they lie down in the evening: 

for the Lord their God shall visit them, 

and turn away their captivity.

What will happen to the Levant?

Find it here.

Who are Israel's remnant?

Find it here.

Related material:

REBUILDING the GATES

Related video:

The Fish Gate

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