Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 7:4

4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD are these.

Because this was Gods house, wherein he had promised to dwell, and that for ever, Psal. 132.13, 14. they flattered themselves, that he could dwell no where else, and would not depart, and certainly would not suffer the Chaldeans to destroy this, and therefore, that no evil could befall them, as they promised themselves, Mic. 3.11. therefore the Prophet cautions them not to deceive themselves, in trusting to the Temple, and its buildings, as the two Courts, and house, and holy of holies implyed in the word these, which he doth as it were point to with his finger. (For there the Prophets speak distinctly of the form of the Temple, they reckon the Court, where the peopl[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 letter]id Sacrifice, and the holy place, or house whereinto the Prophets only did enter, and the Oracle, or holy of holies, wherein was the Ark of the Covenant, and into which only the High-Priest entred, and that but once a year) which these Hypocrites looked upon themselves secured by, as it were, by a treble Wall Fort or Bulwark, that they could not miscarry; but he would have them to know that neither these, or the services belonging to them will be able to secure them, ver. 8. chap. 4.14. and it is likely, their false Prophets did thus perswade them, whose Prophecies he calls here these lying words; but God will have them know, that he doth not chuse a nation for the places sake, but the place for the Nations sake, the like caution the Apostle gives them, 1 Cor. 10.2. &c. The Emphasis that may be in this threefold Repetition, seems rather to relate to the confident, and often reiterated braggs, and boasts of the Temple, that were in their mouths, then the worth, and excellency of it, in regard of Gods owning it.

The Prophet, standing in the Gate at which the People entred, doth as it were point at the several buildings appertaining to the Temple, viz. the Courts, House, Oracle, &c.