Jeremiah 7:2

“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, etc.] That is, of the temple, and the court of it. This gate, as Kimchi says, was the eastern gate, which was the principal gate of all; (see <242602>Jeremiah 26:2): and proclaim there this word, and say; with a loud voice, as follows: hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah; the inhabitants of the several parts of Judea, which came to the temple to worship; very probably it was a feast day, as Calvin conjectures; either the passover, or pentecost, or feast of tabernacles, when all the males in Israel appeared in court: that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord; there were seven gates belonging to the court, three on the north, three on the…”

“In Jer. 7–10 he addresses the people as they flocked into Jerusalem from the country, to attend the solemn services in the temple upon a fastday. Jehoiakim Jeremiah 26:0 had just ascended the throne, and was so incensed at this sermon that he would have put Jeremiah to death but for the influence of Ahikam. With the accession of Jehoiakim all hope of averting the ruin of the country had passed away. He represented the reverse of his father’s policy, and belonged to that faction, who placed their sole hope of deliverance in a close alliance with Pharaoh-Necho. As this party rejected the distinctive principles of the theocracy, and the king was personally an irreligious man, the maintenance of…”

“The gate - The east gate, which was the publick place of going out and coming in, and where the people were then wont to assemble. Proclaim - Proclaiming signifies both the authority by which he spake, and the divulging of what he spake plainly and boldly; possibly, it might be at some publick time, when all the males were to meet. Jeremiah 7:4”

“am 3394, bc 610 Stand: Jer 17:19, Jer 19:2, Jer 19:14, Jer 22:1, Jer 26:2, Jer 36:6, Jer 36:10; Pro 1:20, Pro 1:21, Pro 8:2, Pro 8:3; Joh 18:20; Act 5:20, Act 5:42 Hear: Jer 2:4, Jer 10:1, Jer 19:3, Jer 34:4, Jer 44:24; Kg1 22:19; Isa 1:10; Eze 2:4, Eze 2:5; Hos 5:1; Amo 7:16; Mic 1:2, Mic 3:1, Mic 3:9; Mat 13:9; Rev 2:7, Rev 2:11, Rev 2:17, Rev 2:29, Rev 3:6, Rev 3:13; Rev 3:22 that enter: Jer 17:19, Jer 17:20, Jer 22:2 Jeremiah 7:3”