Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 7:2

2 Stand in the gate of the LORDs house, and proclaim e there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

Viz. The East Gate, which was chiefly frequented, this being the publique place of going out, and coming in, and where the people were then wont to assemble, Ieremiah 26.2, 10, and he is said to stand, because he was to execute the office of a Preacher, chap. 26.2. not of a Iudge where the posture would rather have been sitting.

The Temple, ver. 4.10.

The place notes the vanity of their confidence, who, notwithstanding all their Provocations, yet placed their safety much in the priviledges of the Temple, glorying much in that; and the manner proclaiming signifies both the Authority, by which he spake, and the divulging of what he spake plainly, and boldly, which, as it was in a publique place. viz. the Court of the people, not the Court of the Priests, from which it is distinguished, 2 Chron. 4.9. and therefore said at these Gates, viz. the several Gates, that were in the Wall of the Court, of which there were six, three on the South-side, and three on the North; so, possibly, it might be at some publick time of the Peoples resorting thither from all quarters, Psal. 122.4, 5. when all the males were to meet; Exod. 23.17. see Ioh. 7.37. and therefore said all ye of Iudah.

The Message that I send thee with.

See chap. 2.4.